Final Days for Kenosha Eng Plant

Slo-Ride · Sep 20, 2010

I dropped here this morning and was told they are about 20 days from closing..I heard long ago that they where done this year.
I don't like seeing anyone lose their jobs but walking out of there and back to my truck made me think whether it was self inflicted when ya put UAW in front of the labor force or whether this was just a corp decision due to other reasons. Guy on loading dock stated most ppl will relocate to the Detroit area so most of them will still be employed. I cant imagine having to leave WI. for a life in Detroit

Heres another place we can pull off our GPS favorites

greg334 · Sep 20, 2010

Well I thought they closed that plant a long time ago.

It really sounds odd, relocation to detroit. A lot of people here are waiting for work and here come more from outside to take their "jobs".

chefdennis · Sep 20, 2010

there is a chrysler owned GEMA Engine plant in Dundee Michgan that is expanding....someone in Kenosha would probably consider Dundee closed enough to detroit to call it that....

And "their" jobs!?!? A bit of "entitlement" there is there....

greg334 · Sep 20, 2010

Yes their jobs. many of them don't look at the wisconsin plant as part of the original chrysler mess, thats AMC.

With so many unemployed here, so many not working from Chrysler, maybe it is a joke that the company will pay for workers outside the state to come here to live after we gave them so much in tax incentives and breaks.

Nevertheless, maybe Fiat will close these plants and move everything to Mexico.

By the way the Fiat 500 is a neat car to drive.

chefdennis · Sep 20, 2010

"their jobs" kind of like the jobs that went from AM Axle in Detroit to Am Axle in Three Rivers...they wouldn't take anymore concessions, so they jo longer have "jobs' and they are no longer "entitled" to any "jobs" that might go into that plant if they decide to bring any more at a LOWER wage...

"their jobs"....

Jack_Berry · Sep 20, 2010

that plant closing was a shocker to the state and the union. originally it was listed as a fiat survivor. then recanted. thats or great senator paul ryan for ya. running for prez and too busy to keep his constituents working. hope he gets run out.----enough soapbox now back to the regularly scheduled thread.

rfields200 · Sep 24, 2010

delivered there yesterday. the guy on the loading dock told me originally came from Detroit after closings there and now is going back to a plant in Detroit. Some life in the UAW!!

bobwg · Sep 24, 2010

rfields200 said:
delivered there yesterday. the guy on the loading dock told me originally came from Detroit after closings there and now is going back to a plant in Detroit. Some life in the UAW!!

Sorry no sympathy for the UAW from me they are part of the problem wonder how that nice UAW golf resort in northern Michigan is doing

Slo-Ride · Sep 24, 2010

rfields200 said:
delivered there yesterday. the guy on the loading dock told me originally came from Detroit after closings there and now is going back to a plant in Detroit. Some life in the UAW!!

Hi Ray,final found ya here.Hope ya all done limbing around by now and feeling good..

A lot of trades follow the work,,its pretty normal thing to do..
Now for us,,,we just call it chasing the work..