Fingolfin269
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- Feb 28, 2003
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Worked at the plant Rudder references in the OP for a year from 2008 - 2009. When it closed, I transferred with GM to Texas, and am headed to St. Louis in 3 weeks.
I work in Logistics and right now I'm forced to work overnight and handle all the issues out of Mexico because the cartels have taken over so many areas of Mexico, that martial law has been declared in many areas where our material travels through. Parts are constantly stolen, or trucks come up missing altogether. It is a logistical nightmare.
That being said, Ramos is a very successful plant so it makes sense to continue investing in it. I just hope that the casualties of the GM bankruptcy (the U.S. plants) will not be left in the dark. By the same token, if it doesn't make sense financially to retool and reopen them yet, then they should not rush that decision. We don't want to be walking down the same precarious path we emerged from 10 years down the road due to political pressure and not making sound financial decisions.
I just wonder what the point was in making the Spring Hill plant a supposedly ultra modern plant with what I've been told are very flexible lines if GM is only going to use 25% capacity. That plant actually shows exactly why GM failed. They retooled the plant to build a big freaking SUV, the Traverse, at a time when the demand for big freaking SUVs was waning. Two different topics I guess but frustrating to the local community nonetheless.