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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: Ford, GM, and Fiat-Chrysler shutting down all U.S. plants as the coronavirus spreads
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BREAKING: Ford, GM, and Fiat-Chrysler will announce this afternoon that they're shutting down all U.S. plants as the coronavirus spreads.
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BREAKING: Ford, GM, and Fiat-Chrysler shutting down all U.S. plants as the coronavirus spreads (Original Post)
PunkinPi
Mar 2020
OP
Joe Madison had some callers on this morning hinting that this would happen.
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
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underpants
(182,837 posts)1. Wow
shockey80
(4,379 posts)2. Holy Fuck.
unblock
(52,257 posts)3. Congratulation, Donnie! You found a way to undo another of Obama's successes!
Initech
(100,081 posts)4. It. Just. Gets. Worse.
BumRushDaShow
(129,134 posts)5. Joe Madison had some callers on this morning hinting that this would happen.
That will then ripple to the parts industry that supplies them.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)6. Double wow. Here my KY city with two huge Ford plants....
we won't be able to buy recycled offal at the store......
It's bad enough already. Glad the son and I are fairly well stocked up.
KY............
StarryNite
(9,447 posts)7. I'm just glad they are all united in this decision.
It's better to do it now than later on when their workforce could be sick.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)8. Their suppliers will follow suit
Ohiogal
(32,012 posts)9. So much winning.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)10. I'm tired. nt
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)11. Another 120k+
Has to be well over 2 million workers Idled since Sunday. And these are what are called 7 turn paychecks.
Well,Mnuchin got his 20 million layoffs 4 months early.
Lancero
(3,004 posts)12. Important to note, this was with the urging and support of the UAW.
So it 'shouldn't' be a sudden blindside to the workers.
brush
(53,792 posts)16. Right, the UAW had to look out for the health of it's members.
There is no other choice. A steep recession as begun.
Demsrule86
(68,595 posts)13. Well...hubs is now out of work...
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)14. I'm so sorry.
Celerity
(43,420 posts)15. wow, so sorry to hear that, stay strong!
misanthrope
(7,418 posts)17. Oh, but Trumpster fire is paying them
"How 'bout if I give you a thousand dollars? Would you vote for me then?"