"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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You don't think that hasn't happened? Why do you think GM won't close
plants that are less efficient and costly to run in favor of plants
somewhere else that are more efficient and less costly to run? Because the
Unions would strike if GM announced massive layoffs in a town that employs
thousands.

Remember our discussion about Boeing moving? And Boeing doesn't have the
union problems that GM does.

GM has closed scores of plants over the years, and I would have to think the
union howled almost every time.

Blame both GM and the unions. The plant closing is due exclusively to neither party.

However, with increased automation in an attempt to cut costs, union labor workforces
have been cut...perhaps due to the high costs of those union workers.

One also has to wonder about the efficiency of an old plant like that and whether or
not GM attempted to modernize it to keep it as efficient as possible.