A Once-Defiant U.A.W. Local Now Focuses on G.M.’s Success

LORDSTOWN, Ohio — For the better part of three decades, the car plant here was a seemingly endless source of trouble for General Motors.
In the 1970s, the factory’s 7,000 workers were so bitter toward management that thousands of Chevrolet Vegas rolled off the assembly line with slit upholstery and other damage. The hostility eventually led to a 22-day strike in 1972 that cost G.M. $150 million, and the term “Lordstown syndrome” became shorthand to describe rebellious American factory workers.
Even when no intentional sabotage occurred, many Lordstown-built vehicles were of poor quality. G.M. had planned to abandon Lordstown, the site of many wildcat strikes, by 2002.
But the plant survived, though dozens of other auto factories did not, and today it is preparing to build a new compact car, the Chevrolet Cruze, that is integral to G.M.’s hopes of becoming a successful company again.

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EL34 - 1/7/2010 9:04:36 AM

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Happiness is when the pigs of the UAW are all unemployed!

Need4Speed - 1/7/2010 9:51:13 AM

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-->UAW ...too little too late!

gkearns56 - 1/7/2010 3:42:15 PM

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I knew if it had anything to do with an American made cars, UAW1 would be on this blog. He's like dog crap you just can't clean off your shoes. Only the domestic car makers are worthy for him. There is no German or Japanese (or any other car maker) that he'd consider. "UAW1" is so predictable. Moderator - please remove him from this website. He can never post anything without being bias.

Joe_Limon - 1/7/2010 3:59:09 PM

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gkearns56, this site is filled to the brim with biased posters each liking certain brands more than another. 1UAW is just one of them, and frankly, he doesn't target specific people, which... looking at your last three posts... I can't say the same for you.

gkearns56 - 1/8/2010 4:28:47 PM

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You're a turd UAW1; go back and look at your MANY blowhard post about how American UAW workers weren't the problem or cause for the demise of the American car companies. If your UAW union cars are so great then were are the Aztec, Sebring, Chevy Colorado, and etc crappy cars you once built. Let me tell you - On the scrap pile now. You couldn't admit your UAW fellows built terrible cars for about 20 years if your life depended on it. Your such a fool who lives in a fantasy world thinking your UAW "STILL" build a better product than German or Japanese auto makers. Keep dreaming you goofball. Can we ban this "UAW1" clown from this website. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!