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NPR reported 7 months, but maybe they meant 7 month extension and this was set to close in 7 months originally.
Frank said the plant was so small that keeping it going "wouldn't break the budget [for GM]". If it's that small, maybe its closing wouldn't hurt that much then, eh?
This is a terrible precedent but exactly what many saw coming and will not surprise many.
Barney Frank convinces GM CEO to keep his district's plant open...
GM announced Monday in its bankruptcy and restructuring plans it would close of nine of its plants and idle three others. The automaker said it would also shutter three service and parts operations by the end of the year ? one of which is in Frank's district...
Frank's staff said the lawmaker spokes with GM CEO Fritz Henderson on Wednesday and convinced him to keep the Norton, Mass. plant open for at least 14 months.
NPR reported 7 months, but maybe they meant 7 month extension and this was set to close in 7 months originally.
Frank said the plant was so small that keeping it going "wouldn't break the budget [for GM]". If it's that small, maybe its closing wouldn't hurt that much then, eh?
This is a terrible precedent but exactly what many saw coming and will not surprise many.