News, Ford Pays a High Price for Plant Closing in Belgium. (2013, balance)

[JD59]

GENK, Belgium — Rumors of job cuts at the big Ford plant in this scruffy former coal mining town had been circulating for months. But on a clear morning a year ago, almost nobody in Genk expected what came next.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/bu...=business&_r=0

[Wolfpacker]

A long-term hit to the European market though. What business would want to deal with this crap?

[Malloric]

Originally Posted by Wolfpacker

A long-term hit to the European market though. What business would want to deal with this crap?

Unions don't care. As far as they're concerned, manufacturing jobs are dead. The just want to make it as expensive as possible to get out. Concerns of what that might do to any potential expansions or new manufacturing don't even register. The US is slightly more balanced there.