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2009-08-19 Economy

GM Recalls 1,350 Workers as It Adds Shifts, Overtime

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Posted by Steve White 2009-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Obama has saved us! I'm so glad my tax dollars could go to help Canadian workers. I'm such a global humanitarian I is.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-08-19 00:24|| 2009-08-19 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 its biggest one-time increase in jobs since 2006

I just wanted to point out to any libs here that Obama wasn't president in '06 when the job increases were larger.

Jus' sayin'.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-08-19 00:27|| 2009-08-19 00:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this the best Government Motors can do? Where are the half million jobs Obama promised a couple of months ago that would appear at the end of this summer? Oh, he was talkin about Canada...

Posted by Percy Spons4194 2009-08-19 00:55|| 2009-08-19 00:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Where are the half million jobs Obama promised

1,350 union workers is nearly a half million, give or take a couple orders of magnitude.

And even though they are Canadians, they will be building the all-new GMC Terrain which, from the name of it, is one of those super-green hybrids that gets 500 mpg and runs on 4 D batteries. Or a monster SUV.

Posted by SteveS 2009-08-19 02:41|| 2009-08-19 02:41|| Front Page Top

#5 This is spectacular! The unemployment rate will go from 9.3% to 9.29999999%. It only cost us taxpayers about $4.7 million per job, too!

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-08-19 05:12|| 2009-08-19 05:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Always remarkable to listen to what is not being said. Anyone notice how neither Gibbs or anyone in the administration discusses the creation or 3-4 million new jobs?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-19 08:22|| 2009-08-19 08:22|| Front Page Top

#7 The recession is over!

...in Canada.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-08-19 10:40|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-19 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8 GMC Terrain is a re-badge of the ~~Pontiac~~ Terrain. The Terrain is a clone to the Equinox, ~~Saturn~~ Vue, and Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-08-19 21:49|| 2009-08-19 21:49|| Front Page Top

#9 1350 assembly jobs is the top of the pyramid. For every job created at the assembly plant level, there are upwards of 20 direct and indirect jobs generated in supplier and community levels.

The CAMI plant in Ontario produces the same vehicle built in Saturn plant Spring Hill, Tenn.

Obama made GM get rid of Saturn.

The vehicle that

Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-08-19 21:59|| 2009-08-19 21:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Wasn't Saturn non-union? Or am I wrong?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-08-19 22:43|| 2009-08-19 22:43|| Front Page Top

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