Back to Work! Eight Chrysler Plants Reopen

DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler Group LLC restarted seven assembly plants after silencing all of its factories during its six-week stay in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The company on Wednesday confirmed that factories in Sterling Heights and Warren, Mich.; St. Louis; Toledo, Ohio; Brampton and Windsor, Ontario; and Toluca, Mexico, would restart operations June 29. A plant in Detroit that makes the Dodge Viper sports car restarted Monday.

In addition, parts stamping, engine and transmission factories that feed those plants also will restart June 29, Chrysler said in a statement.

The company had shut down all of its manufacturing operations May 4, shortly after filing for bankruptcy protection April 30. But inventories of vehicles made by the eight plants have started to shrink, said spokeswoman Dianna Gutierrez.

The eight assembly plants that are restarting employ about 15,000 workers, according to Chrysler's Web site.

Restart of the rest of the company's factories will be announced later, the statement said, probably after the normal two-week summer break in which all factories will be closed the weeks of July 13 and 20.

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Celebration!!!!!!!!!!

People get to go to work, YEA!!!!!!!!!!!

Good news for many families

{sarcasm}

Gradually, the economy is starting to turn around.... in a year, it will be humming.

So much for change, Mr. Obama.

You can see car bodies stacked above the fence level on their plant property.

I wish it was reopening. I have friends who worked there, and my brother indirectly worked there for Conrail (or whoever owns that faction of the Northeast freight rail now).

Maybe not DUers who think Toyota is the end-all, be-all, (:puke: ) but Chrysler wasn't losing money because people weren't buying - they were losing money due to our antiquated health care system and legacy costs (associated with the antiquated health care system).

A town can really flourish when a large mfg. facility opens, but so many people depend on it for their livlihood, if things go bad, it's devastating!

This is great news, folks!

:shrug: Well they need work also I guess.