HBO Schedule: THE LAST TRUCK: CLOSING OF A GM PLANT
http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleS...FOCUS_ID=679449
DATE/TIME CHANNEL
Sun 9/13 12:45 PM HBO - EAST
Sun 9/13 12:45 PM HBO LATINO - EAST
Sun 9/13 03:45 PM HBO - WEST
Sun 9/13 03:45 PM HBO LATINO - WEST
Wed 9/16 12:30 PM HBO - EAST
Wed 9/16 12:30 PM HBO LATINO - EAST
Wed 9/16 03:30 PM HBO - WEST
Wed 9/16 03:30 PM HBO LATINO - WEST
Sat 9/19 01:30 PM HBO - EAST
Sat 9/19 01:30 PM HBO LATINO - EAST
Sat 9/19 04:30 PM HBO - WEST
Sat 9/19 04:30 PM HBO LATINO - WEST
Mon 9/21 05:00 PM HBO - EAST
Mon 9/21 05:00 PM HBO LATINO - EAST
Mon 9/21 08:00 PM HBO - WEST
Mon 9/21 08:00 PM HBO LATINO - WEST
Mon 9/21 11:00 PM HBO - EAST
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HBO-"THE LAST TRUCK"
it's 41 minutes of a short film.
interviewing factory workers at a GM plant in OHIO.
every worker in the USA can truly relate to this film.
on today at- 12:45 PM
or catch it on HBO on Demand.
Full Version: Hbo-"the Last Truck"
What Happens When G.M. Closes a Factory - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04...oses-a-factory/
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PS- three former YOUNG workers have committed suicide since the closing of the factory, December, 2008.
it is mention in the comment section after you read the NY TIMES piece.
Michael Moore beat HBO to this years ago,
http://www.michaelmoore.com/dogeatdogfilms/synopsis.html
The sad part, the ones that the Teabagging Rush, Sean, Savage, Beck crowd cheer as free market forces at work, the GM suits that got bonuses out of this travesty.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/dogeatdogfilms/synopsis.html
QUOTE
But, like a modern-day version of the "Grapes of Wrath," the situation seems hopeless--and the scenes from Flint are startling:
--20,000 people standing in line at one location to collect federal surplus cheese and butter;
--Large sections of the city filled with abandoned homes and boarded up stores, looking more like a war zone than an American town;
--28,000 people who have lost their homes and their life savings and have packed up and headed south in search of work;
--The social cost of 25% unemployment: record rates of suicide, spousal abuse, alcoholism, and, surpassing Miami and Detroit as the city with the highest rate of violent crime.
These are a few of the results of General Motors laying off 40,000 people in Flint in the past nine years. It is expected that GM will eliminate another 10,000 Flint jobs in the next few years. 50% of Flint's GM workforce will have been abolished by 1989, an event of unprecedented proportion in American history.
--20,000 people standing in line at one location to collect federal surplus cheese and butter;
--Large sections of the city filled with abandoned homes and boarded up stores, looking more like a war zone than an American town;
--28,000 people who have lost their homes and their life savings and have packed up and headed south in search of work;
--The social cost of 25% unemployment: record rates of suicide, spousal abuse, alcoholism, and, surpassing Miami and Detroit as the city with the highest rate of violent crime.
These are a few of the results of General Motors laying off 40,000 people in Flint in the past nine years. It is expected that GM will eliminate another 10,000 Flint jobs in the next few years. 50% of Flint's GM workforce will have been abolished by 1989, an event of unprecedented proportion in American history.
The sad part, the ones that the Teabagging Rush, Sean, Savage, Beck crowd cheer as free market forces at work, the GM suits that got bonuses out of this travesty.
THIS film, "the last truck." is different.
the real info is comng from the workers
not a michael moore "figure."
watch it for me today!
3:45 pm is the next show!
the real info is comng from the workers
not a michael moore "figure."
watch it for me today!
3:45 pm is the next show!
QUOTE (Daisy Lee Myers @ Sep 13 2009, 01:15 PM) 
THIS film, "the last truck." is different.
the real info is comng from the workers
not a michael moore "figure."
watch it for me today!
3:45 pm is the next show!
the real info is comng from the workers
not a michael moore "figure."
watch it for me today!
3:45 pm is the next show!
Why does it matter if Michael Moore presented the info.? He was on top of this meltdown before it became chic to talk about it. Just because he's a polarizing figure doesn't mean what he has to say is any less truthful/relevant.
It's not "the last truck" that I'm concerned about.
Far more troublesome is when the last consumer product factory in the U.S. will close.
Far more troublesome is when the last consumer product factory in the U.S. will close.
QUOTE (Artie See @ Sep 13 2009, 05:05 PM)
It's not "the last truck" that I'm concerned about.
Far more troublesome is when the last consumer product factory in the U.S. will close.
Far more troublesome is when the last consumer product factory in the U.S. will close.
With Obunko's blessing.
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