GM plant closures send chills through small towns

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announced that thousands of jobs would be lost and at least five manufacturing plants would be closed, but they weren’t clear on which plants would be shuttered. This vagueness left autoworkers on pins and needles as they worried about their jobs. Shivers also hit the towns that are the homes to GM plants. Joining us now is Cedric B. Glover, the Mayor of Shrevepoint, Louisiana, where GM manufactures its Hummer 3.

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