Evil, lazy UAW worker in far, far away Michigan on one side of the children’s place setting game and Flu the IT guy sits on the other side. How will little Timmy’s crayon connect the two?
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California has a fairly large auto industry with some 400 independent parts manufacturers in Southern California alone.
Ann McCullough of the Motor and Equipment manufacturers association says this isn’t just good news for Detroit. California has some 24 thousand jobs directly tied to parts manufacturing.
“Research firm Grant Thornton, last week, came out with a report that indicated that as many as 500 suppliers are at risk of failure,” said McCullough. “Then again, when you take into account that one supplier bankruptcy could affect multiple vehicle manufacturers, any supplier bankruptcy could further harm the domestic vehicle industry.”
Already, one wheel maker, Superior Industries, is closing its California plant and laying off 290 people
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Lots of businesses right here in Socal are cutting way back on spending, directly tied to the death of the evil UAW worker. Think IT fits in there somewhere? If I’m a business supplying GM right now the last thing I’m thinking about is those upgrades to my web site or any other thing that might involve programming in a business I know might not be around in 6 months.
Mixxalot sorry for the diversion this has taken your thread on. I really do hope you find something quickly. That’s my point. I wish those UAW workers had people fighting for their jobs and I hope we will at least learn a lesson that we are all connected, no job is an island.
I’m gonna send another fax to my Senator asking him to fight offshoring of all jobs (including IT) in your honor:)
