More blacks losing car jobs

[DainBramaged]

Study finds they're losing ground in industry as factories close, new plants open in mostly white areas.

African-American autoworkers have taken a bigger hit than whites and Latinos as U.S. automakers have cut tens of thousands of jobs in recent decades and new factories have sprouted up in the rural south, according to a study released Thursday by a Washington-based think tank.

From 1970 to 2006, blacks have lost the equivalent of about 120,000 auto jobs, given the current size of the work force, said John Schmitt, economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and co-author of the report.

Whites and Latinos are losing ground, too, but the percentage drop is far greater among blacks, the study finds. In 1979, 2.1 percent of all African-American workers in the United States had a job related to the assembly of cars and trucks. At that time, most auto plants were in urban areas in the Midwest such as Detroit and Flint.

By 2006, with more than two dozen foreign-owned plants now operating in the South, the percentage of black workers assembling vehicles fell by one-third to 1.3 percent of all blacks in America, according to the study.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070303/AUTO01/703030359/1148


It's sad the foreign manufacturers have centralized in white suburban areas of the South. Especially since a high percentage of Black workers are Union members. And this includes the parts manufacturing jobs which have been lost to Mexico and China.


another Union-busting tactic signed, sealed, and delivered by this crooked administration.

[billbuckhead]

1. Wanna bet all those Japanese transplant factories have few minorities?

Ever wonder why they build these factories out in the middle of rural America?

[madrchsod]

3. they expect the american workers to

bow to them because somehow they think they are superior. they don`t realize they just bigger pricks than the american management.

[madrchsod]

2. it`s called racism

and foreign car companies may be the worst offenders

[hack89]

5. I disagree ..

I think it has more to do with no unions and lower wages.

[DainBramaged]

6. Did you read the article?

[BlooInBloo]

13. You're forgetting white rule #2:

As Long As There's Any Even Theoretically Possible Alternative, It's Not Racism.

[SayWhatYo]

14. What about black rule #1?

[madrchsod]

11. yes it`s no unions , cheap land,and big tax breaks

as i said in the other post i`ve ran into some foreign management types who think the american worker is somehow inferior to them but they are no different than the pricks born here in the usa

[DainBramaged]

12. I worked for Akai, Hitachi, and Sanyo in the 80's and 90's

And there were ZERO African-Americans working in their corporations. They hired lots of women to meet minority quotients, but most of the women were Japanese women who moved here on temporary visas to meet the requirements.

[hack89]

4. Why is it the administrations fault?

Aren't these state issues? Weren't some of these foreign car factories built during the Clinton administration?

[Clark2008]

7. They're in white RURAL areas in the South.

I live in the suburbs and there's no car manufacturer around me.

(Note: These plants are in bum-fuck Egypt, not the suburbs).

[DainBramaged]

10. Ok, so it means few Blacks live in Rural areas near the plants?

Detroit and it's suburbs were the heart of the auto industry for a Century. Now, it's a dangerous declining city. No matter the percentage of Blacks, is it a good think to decimate a city and it's culture and livelihood to save a couple of bucks?

[DainBramaged]

8. Well, I guess even though it was published today, it doesn't rate an LBN position

balderdash.

[butterfly77]

9. I wonder how soon will they find a job...

and what kind in this wonderfully, beautiful economy :sarcasm:

[blues90]

15. The auto manufacturers have been screwing everyone

They kept on making cheap products and began in the late 70's . I worked for ford for many years and I know .

They made an explorer for $7,000 out the factory door and sold them for 30,000 and offered longer customer paid for extended warrenty policies as a selling point .

Parts have been outsourced for many years now to the lowest bidder and recalls galore .

Over a year ago ford reps came to the dealer I worked at and told us there are many other good manufacturers out there so ford is going to go into other directions to make their money .

All the workers whether black , white or yellow or green are now tossed to the side and left to wonder what to do for a job for the rest of their lives .

I would like to see people stop buying all their products for payback .