'I'm 57. How employable am I going to be?' Nearly 1,400 autoworkers are about to lose their jobs

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

When the final whistle blows this weekend for workers on the third shift at the Belvidere Assembly Plant near Rockford, Illinois, the nearly 1,400 members of “C Crew” will punch out for the last time, downsized out of a job because of slowing demand for the plant’s only product — the Jeep Cherokee.

It is a straightforward business decision for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which is scaling back to a traditional two-shift schedule at the plant amid softening sales and a glut of competitors.

But for residents of Belvidere, a small river city situated amid sprawling cornfields about 75 miles northwest of Chicago, Monday will be anything but business as usual.

“I’m scared,” said Mike Dovey, 57, of Poplar Grove, whose two years at the plant end Saturday. “There’s a lot of uncertainty. You don’t have a job, you’ve still got to pay all your bills.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/im-57-how-employable-am-i-going-to-be-nearly-1400-autoworkers-are-about-to-lose-their-jobs/ar-AAARut5?li=BBnb7Kz

But the economy is booming - Donny Dotard

[msongs]

1. fear not, trump economy is booming...for min wage part time no bennies jobs or gigs

[underpants]

4. Plenty of coal mining jobs about to be available

That's what I hear anyway.

[Brawndo]

2. This plant is located in Boone County, Illinois. tRump beat Clinton in Boone County by 14.3%

Where's my violin?

[lunatica]

3. It's God's will.

[struggle4progress]

5. "Throwing working people out of work makes the economy great for rich folk!"

[Ohiogal]

6. I thought

Jeep Cherokees were a popular vehicle?

Oh well, the Dumpy Economy of working two jobs at minimum wage with no benefits will just have to do. You'll work it and you'll like it!

[Mc Mike]

7. The same repugs want us to work until age 70, and want to let employers not hire us

in our mid-50's.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

8. It's just going to get worse... Min Retirement age raised to 72

Then the question will beg...

I'm 68 how employable am I going to be.

[muntrv]

9. But...but....3.6% unemployment! Orange Julius says so!

[stopbush]

10. Ageism is rampant in the job market.

I’m 64, out of work since the place I was working at went out of biz last fall. Lots of interviews for jobs I would have landed easily 15 years ago. Sadly, that 15 years of additional experience = “yer too old” in today’s market.