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As best auto jobs fade, careers, lives disrupted

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http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0406/20/a01-188757.htm

The path to profits for Detroit’s Big Three automakers has taken a huge toll on jobs in Michigan.

Over the past four years, the number of auto-related jobs in the state has shrunk by 21 percent, falling to the lowest point since the recession-era levels of 1991.

It’s part of the price paid to restore profitability at the Big Three — and the grim consequence of the domestic automakers’ relentless drive to shed costs.

As of April, 274,000 people were employed in the industry statewide, compared to 347,000 workers during the same period in 2000, according to the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

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