St. Paul Ford plant closes after 86 years
December 16, 2011 at 4:22 am in Grand Forks Herald
The plant’s 86-year run comes to an end Friday when the last Ranger pickup truck rolls off the line. Its closing means about 800 workers will be transferring to other plants or simply looking for a new job. Continue Reading
This is unbelievable.. Gov. Dayton should force Ford Motor Company to reopen the plant and demand that those Union workers keep their jobs! These people shouldn’t be forced to look for new jobs just because Ford wants to shut down the plant!! What is this world coming to???
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Well many of their skills can transfer to the oil industry……. go west former Ford workers, go west to west Dakota.
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The plant was as modern as they come with amazing robotic assembly systems. Even with that much automation the company still whined about labor costs and so it will continue making the Ranger in countries where it can rip off workers with low non-union wages.
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