Removal Of GM Jobs In Flint

Removal of GM Jobs In Flint


     A strong culture is one that has dependency upon itself along with

outside resources.  The economy is hard if nearly impossible to predict, and

this puts severe strain on a community that is dependent on one employer.

Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Flint are examples of these types of communities.

When a manufacturing process or company pulls out of a city, many problems arise.

Flint is a city which has had a significant portion of an industry leave.  GM

used to be the heart of Flint, until the decision to downsize was made.  This

caused approximately 40 thousand of the 80 thousand GM employees to loose their

jobs.  Recently there was a debate pitting two sides of an issue.  The question

consisted of the decline of General Motors in Flint.  Is it a catastrophe or

does it provide an opportunity for the community.  Members of the panel included

Bill Donahue (pro-opportunity), Larry Thompson (pro-opportunity), Dorothy

Reynolds (catastrophe supporter) and Ruben Burks (catastrophe supporter).

     In the beginning, there were many advantages of having GM as the

dominate employer in Flint.  The quantity of GM jobs in Flint provided for an

economic boom town in the 1960's and 1970's. Money from General Motors trickled

down from the workers to every part of the economy of Genesse county. The

population was on the rise which meant more homes, roads, and businesses.  It

was all to good to be true.  When Roger Smith (then President of GM) decided to

relocate numerous jobs from the Buick City, it was time for Flint to pay the

piper.  The large dependency on GM brought upon a rapid decline in the economy

unparalleled by any city in United States history.

     The removal of jobs from GM caused many problems in Flint.  Dororthy

Reynolds gave many statistics which proved how much the decline of GM hurt Flint.

 She pointed out that since the removal of GM jobs, Flint has become the 2nd

most dangerous city in America while being the 6th most segregated. The lack of

economic development since the early 1980's  has also had a terrible impact on

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