http://www.michigan.gov/ en Copyright 2009 - State Of Michigan Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:58:05 EST http://www.michigan.gov/podcast http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.michigan.gov./images/gov/gradio_143016_7_188404_7.jpg 144 125 http://www.michigan.gov./gov/0,1607,7-168-37483---,00.html http://www.michigan.gov./documents/gov/Gov200Full_281475_7.mp3 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EDT It's been a tough week for Michigan. General Motors filed for bankruptcy. Seven GM plants in Michigan will close or be idled, and thousands of workers will lose their jobs.
When companies in other states declare bankruptcy, it's generally not headline news. It's different for Michigan, because we're so tightly bound to the auto industry. If we don't work in the industry ourselves, we all have friends and family who do. For some families, generations have worked in the plants.
That's what makes this so painful. An era is ending. While many people will continue working in GM plants building the next generation of vehicles, others will be leaving. And for them, we will help however we can, from extended unemployment benefits to job retraining. http://www.michigan.gov./documents/gov/Gov200Full_281475_7.mp3