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Showing Original Post only (View all)Worker: GM Told Us About Plant Closing By Playing A Video In The Break Room [View all]
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Sahid Fawaz November 30, 2018
You would think that an event as devastating to workers and their community as a plant closing would be handled with some tact by GM.
But according to workers, the announcement was made known to workers via a video shown in the break room.
In an interview with Vox, Nanette Senters described her work at the Lordstown, OH GM plant: one of the five plants that GM will close.
I work in the body shop; its basically the metal assembly division. I assemble pieces and parts in the car doors. I work like a human robot every day, but none of us mind working hard. We have good benefits and pay.
FULL story: http://labor411.org/411-blog/worker-gm-told-us-about-plant-closing-by-playing-a-video-in-the-break-room/
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Worker: GM Told Us About Plant Closing By Playing A Video In The Break Room [View all]
Omaha Steve
Dec 2018
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One, the fact that some racists issues have showed up at one of their plants.
rockfordfile
Dec 2018
#3
Right? If they don't want them coming in the building they could just call and let them know
Luciferous
Dec 2018
#16
A lot of GM and Ford cars are sold in China. The Trump trade wars and tariffs on steel prices
still_one
Dec 2018
#8
Oh please. Trump has done everything Obama did to reduce green house gasses, by removing all the
still_one
Dec 2018
#12
Are you suggesting that because other countries are worse polluters we should follow their example?
still_one
Dec 2018
#17
I know, but that is at least 5 years or more down the road, and unlike Tesla which has the
still_one
Dec 2018
#22
No, but instead of playing a video they could of had a person from HR go to the plants affected, and
still_one
Dec 2018
#18
You are right OS it is a rotten way to do it. The auto industry isn't the only one to handle
still_one
Dec 2018
#14