Roger_&_Me

Roger & Me It has been fourteen years since General Motors laid off 33,000 people and inspired Michael Moore’s documentary “Roger & Me.” However, many things have yet to change in terms of worker conditions. Perhaps workers have more benefits than they did previously, but in Flint, Michigan today, they are battling some of the same problems they did in 1988. I do not particularly think that conditions have gotten any better since this incident. General Motors was established in Flint, Michigan in 1908. However, in the late 1980’s, GM president Roger Smith decided to close down some of the plants in Flint and laid off some 33,000 people. This act damaged the city of Flint for many years since most of the city was employed by GM. Although there was a Union, many people thought it inadequate, due to the belief that the people in the Union were becoming too cozy with the upper management, and employees were losing power. To describe the conditions of the city, there were blocks upon blocks of abandoned businesses with boarded up windows. A large portion of the city moved away, and others were quickly being evicted, as many as 24 evictions a day. People were workers, gm, people, new, been, roger, flint, years, union, since, conditions, city, michigan, however, good, economy, corporations, benefits, yet, unions, through, problems, off, motors, general, worker, work, very, today, ten, steel, spoke, smith, situation, similar