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MichMan

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8. People aren't interested enough in buying them

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:05 AM

Sep 2025

Last week, the General Motors Spring Hill plant announced the company would be furloughing roughly half of its 1,400 shift workers as it rolls back production of its electric vehicles.

Auto manufacturers don't slow down production of popular vehicles.

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Korean Workers At Spring Hill TN Plant Leave; Co-Located GM EV Plant Lays Off Half Of 1,400 In Workforce [View all] hatrack Sep 2025 OP

Republican states are going to find out too newdeal2 Sep 2025 #1

MAGA winning Duncanpup Sep 2025 #2

Groove on that MAGA/Trump prosperity Vogon_Glory Sep 2025 #3

I wonder if the action at Hyundai was more about battling EV's than immigration. Renew Deal Sep 2025 #4

People aren't interested enough in buying them MichMan Sep 2025 #8

Hearing that Orange Julius asked the workers to stay Strelnikov_ Sep 2025 #10

So are they now hiring American workers in place. Srkdqltr Sep 2025 #5

I think the Korean workers were here to Ilsa Sep 2025 #7

Of course. But the nasty invading foreigners are gone. Srkdqltr Sep 2025 #9

These were specialists for particular machines Arazi Sep 2025 #11

Well now there all gone. Most likely the plant that was supposed to boost the economy is gone too. Srkdqltr Sep 2025 #12

FAFO. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #6

I heard a report that HB-1 VISAs were not issued because Trump fired many workers causing a backlog in processing. TheBlackAdder Sep 2025 #13

According to this govt website, a B1 visa does allow equipment installation, but not construction as well muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #14