Detroit Workers Struggle as GM Restructures
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Once the largest private sector employer in the United States, General Motors, headquartered in Detroit, employed over half a million people nationwide. That number has dwindled to 60,000 in recent years. Now, the economically depressed state of Michigan could suffer further with GM planning to shed 20,000 more jobs nationwide and close up to 17 more facilities as it restructures in bankruptcy. VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports from Detroit that the outlook is grim for autoworkers hoping to stay employed or find new work.
