Brazilian Ford Plant

[Bob_VT]

What? There was no place around in the USA for this?

This is a quote from Brazil"......according to the state's senator and former governor, César Borges. He estimates that some 50,000 jobs have been created in the area because of the Ford plant and says the state's GDP has almost doubled since it opened......." http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs...708220407/1148

I wonder how much money Brazil pitched in to the 700 billion bailout plan?

From another point of view..... let the automaker fail and let all of the out of work employees go to work in Brazil!

Nice plant but it just pisses me off.

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by Bob_VT

What? There was no place around in the USA for this?

Hyundai has a very very technologically advanced factory in the Southern US. I think in Texas. A "right to work" state. Hyundai doesn't have to answer to the UAW, the US Congress or anyone else.

Ford is at the mercy of the UAW. If they build in a right to work state they have to cope with angry UAW members, who vote, and who can lobby Congress.

The part that really gets me angry is that the UAW COULD play nice with automation and educating workers to cope with it. Some Unions conduct their own manufacturing training, or so I've been told. The UAW could preserve jobs but they're greedy for Union dues. Unions are a business too.

Gene