Well, the automakers left their corporate jets on the runway, and flew commercial--business class--to Washington DC again, to give lawmakers there their plan to revitalize the ailing US auto industry--yeah. Why they didn't think to do that in the first place, rather shows why they are failing in the first place.
Once again, they tried to scare lawmakers into helping them, with the chairman of Chrysler saying point blank that if Chrysler fails, then a global depression will likely occur.
Chrysler will have a total of 59,000 US employees working for them in 2009. Already some 12,000 workers have been laid already, with another 10,000 job cuts looming in the very near future. An additional 1100 temps are also being let go.
Chrysler's CEO makes 1 million dollars a year--not counting bonuses.
5 US assembly plants are having at least some of their work shifts eliminated.
4 vehicles are on the chopping block for being phased out
Chrysler, who has plants in Great Britain, Germany and other places besides the USA, has proposed shutting down all international plants for two weeks.
IN OTHER NEWS
While Burlington, Vermont is the healthiest city in the USA, Lousianna has been dubbed the most unhealthy state in the US.
This is due to many factors: extreme poverty, a big chemical plant industry--with high cancer rates in those areas, Hurricane Katrina and other storms, climate, poor health care, etc.
