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Removal Of GM Jobs In Flint

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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
the children of Flint and Genesse county.  Thirty ...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!

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