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I should explain how I know this. My dad was an officer in United Auto Workers Local 276 (Arlington, TX General Motors assembly plant) in the 1990's, when GM k
by RecycledEle 3y ago
I should explain how I know this. My dad was an officer in United Auto Workers Local 276 (Arlington, TX General Motors assembly plant) in the 1990's, when GM killed off the Caprice and Impala that were assembled in Arlington, TX.
- azemetre 3y agoHow do you know they didn’t kill it off to hurt the union and relocate to areas with weaker worker protections? Seems more likely than the alternative.
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoWeaker union protections than Texas? Think you’re just applying a narrative
- linksnapzz 3y agoThey didn't. Arlington assembly was converted to the SWB GMT-400 trucks in '96, followed by other fullsize. The plant tooling was already setup for RWD body-on-frame production, so the workers there could just...build those. Had GM not shut down Ypsilanti in '90? ...91? (the old bomber plant), they might've been able to continue producing large sedans there, in addition to trucks in TX.
- skywhopper 3y agoAnd the execs of GM explained to your dad that they were embarrassed by a few left-wingers?
- RecycledEle 3y agoEveryone knew the leadership at GM was clueless. Nothing handed down to the assembly line made sense. They would jerk to a new course whenever an article in the Wall Street Journal made fun of them.