 GM closes Windsor plant, ending an era General Motors workers in Windsor, Ont., punched out for the last time Wednesday as the automaker closed its only remaining plant in the border city. The closure of the transmission plant puts 500 people out of work and ends GM's 90-year relationship withCommentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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I have been a GM man my whole life, but after my last 2 new vehicles .. I have had it with the poor fit and finish. and even poorer trade in value. no more new GMs for me.. no one to blame here except for the union.
Welcome to Ford country.
I have been a GM man my whole life, but after my last 2 new vehicles .. I have had it with the poor fit and finish. and even poorer trade in value. no more new GMs for me.. no one to blame here except for the union.
Welcome to Hyundai country.
Fixed that for you.
I have been a GM man my whole life, but after my last 2 new vehicles .. I have had it with the poor fit and finish. and even poorer trade in value. no more new GMs for me.. no one to blame here except for the union.
How is the union to blame? And isn't it the same union that builds Fords?
I have been a GM man my whole life, but after my last 2 new vehicles .. I have had it with the poor fit and finish. and even poorer trade in value. no more new GMs for me.. no one to blame here except for the union.
How is the union solely to blame? Management, design and engineering are more to blame for poor quality than the union. The entire collapse of the Big Three comes from a corrupt blend of stupidity and an arrogant sense of entitlement shared by all partners, including the UAW/CAW. But make no mistake, the root of the collapse was the boardroom, not the shop.
I have been a GM man my whole life, but after my last 2 new vehicles .. I have had it with the poor fit and finish. and even poorer trade in value. no more new GMs for me.. no one to blame here except for the union.
How is the union solely to blame? Management, design and engineering are more to blame for poor quality than the union. The entire collapse of the Big Three comes from a corrupt blend of stupidity and an arrogant sense of entitlement shared by all partners, including the UAW/CAW. But make no mistake, the root of the collapse was the boardroom, not the shop.
Well put.
Because of GM's collapse and Fords restructuring the consumer is going to benefit, but only as long as the arrogance and pisspoor attitude that inhabited the North American auto industry remains a thing of the past.
The sad part of the whole thing is that if the big 3 had put this much effort and expertise in building better vehicles 30 years ago we wouldn't be having this conversation and Toyota would still be a Japanese Government owned oddity, and not a giant recall on wheels, here in North America.
The sad part of the whole thing is that if the big 3 had put this much effort and expertise in building better vehicles 30 years ago we wouldn't be having this conversation and Toyota would still be a Japanese Government owned oddity, and not a giant recall on wheels, here in North America.
Absolutely correct. Toyota's profits (and Honda's) benefited more from Detroit's import quotas than anything they did in Japan. Those quotas, designed to cripple Japanese competition, made them rich beyond their wettest dreams. When it comes to the Big Three, there's no end to the examples of inept business practise.
GM has been getting better as of late and while this act is devastating for the local Windsor economy, other regions (like Southwestern Ontario and Oshawa) have actually benefited from better GM products
Really?? Oshawa?? I gotta wonder who's making the trucks here then cuz I drive by the plant everyday and the parking lots are pretty much deserted. GM may have announced the recalling of 1300 workers to the Oshawa plant but I've yet to see any evidence of it.
The local Windsor economy however won't be that devestated by this closure.
Considering that these are the last 500 jobs out of 7000 that the plant used to have, Windsor has suffered through much worse. Especially considering that while I lived there, the Big 3 had 8 plants between them.
Oh, and whoever made the "Ford country" comment seems to be unaware that Ford is closing down the Essex Engine plant (also in Windsor) with the loss of another 388 out of 400 jobs. And while Ford didn't recieve any bailout money per se, they DID recieve around $90 million from the Feds and Province to keep the Essex Engine plant up and running. Another great investment by our wise and cash smart leaders.
And Stemmer, you make me laugh. The St. Catherines investment will create maybe 400 jobs over the next 20 years!!!! The Transmission plant in Windsor has shed more jobs than that in the last 10 years. Besides, it's not moving it's production form Windsor to St. Catherines. Windsor was a tansmission plant. St. Catherines is where the new V8 will be built. Get your facts straight before blaming the media for being biased.
Really?? Oshawa?? I gotta wonder who's making the trucks here then cuz I drive by the plant everyday and the parking lots are pretty much deserted. GM may have announced the recalling of 1300 workers to the Oshawa plant but I've yet to see any evidence of it.
Buick Regal will start up there soon. First year models are built in Germany and then moved to Oshawa for North American production soon.