SILAO, Mexico, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Half a continent away from the auto plants of Detroit, U.S. strikes at General Motors (GM) have sent shivers through the central Mexican city of Silao, where the local GM factory furloughed 6,000 workers last week when parts from the United States ran out.
Rich or poor, residents are anxiously hoping the labor dispute will end so the company reopens the plant, which has been an anchor of the local economy since GM arrived a generation ago, transforming the landscape forever.
“General Motors is the biggest source of income here. When General Motors stops, everything stops,” said Silao resident Francisco Vazquez. “Before General Motors, there was nothing.”
Once a provincial backwater with a handful of colorful old churches, Silao is now enveloped in a thick cordon of factories and warehouses serving automotive companies from all over the world.
In the years after GM opened the Silao plant in 1995, dozens of other firms followed, such as Volkswagen, Conti..
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Honest John: why do I have to wait so long for parts to come from Japan? – Telegraph.co.uk
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Fair and RouteOne Integration Helps Dealers Reach New Customers with Vehicle Subscriptions
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Mazda informa sus resultados de ventas de septiembre
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Mazda Production and Sales Results for August 2019
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Mazda to Reveal First Mass-Production Battery EV at Tokyo Motor Show
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Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of its first mass-production battery electric vehicle at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show.
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