Tears have turned into outrage as General Motors workers blast the company for its decision to cut more than 14,000 jobs just weeks before the holidays.
'They don't care about us and it's not what it used to be,' mother-of-two, Tara Gress said.
Gress, who worked for GM's Hamtramck plant in Detroit, Michigan, for 20 years, told ABC: 'We used to be something and you could take more pride in your job and now they could careless.'
In a massive restructuring, the auto giant announced Monday that it will cut 15 per cent of its workforce to save $6billion and adapt to 'changing market conditions'.
Many employees are unsure what to do next and some who are in their 50s fear they may never get another job.
Rick Hill, who also works for the Detroit-Hamtramck plant said that everyone is 'talking about Christmas coming how it’s going to impact everyone. New Years'.
According to Mark Thornberry, hundreds of employees found out by watching the news and weren't warned by GM.
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Tears have turned into outrage as General Motors workers (pictured in Oshawa, Canada) blast the company for its decision to cut more than 14,000 jobs just weeks before the holidays
Mother-of-two, Tara Gress, said: 'They don't care about us and it's not what it used to be.' Gress has worked for the Hamtramck plant in Detroit, Michigan, for 20 years
Many employees (pictured) are unsure what to do next and some who are in their 50s fear they may never get another job
'Not my first rodeo with GM. They can be cold. Just the nature of the business. I thought they could have told everybody a while ago,' Thornberry told WXYZ.
Heart-wrenching photos showed GM workers on Tuesday wiping tears away after hearing the devastating news.
'You're going right into Christmas. You're looking for celebration and that's not there now,' one GM worker told Today.
Another employee said through tears: 'I'm just kind of hurting right now.'
One worker spoke of a workplace where people 'were bawling their eyes out. I've never seen anything like it and we can't get any answers'.
The moves include shuttering seven plants worldwide as the company responds to changing customer preferences and focuses on popular trucks and SUVs and increasingly on electric models.
The job cuts from GM's current 180,000-strong work force will be particularly stinging in politically crucial areas of Ohio and Michigan, a region President Donald Trump has promised to revive.
And several workers have put the blame on the president.
Heart-wrenching photos showed GM workers (pictured, in Canada) on Tuesday wiping tears away after hearing the devastating news. 'You're going right into Christmas. You're looking for celebration and that's not there now,' one employee said
The moves include shuttering seven plants worldwide as the company responds to changing customer preferences and focuses on popular trucks and SUVs and increasingly on electric models
According to reports, the five North American plants concerned employ nearly 7,000, including 3,000 workers in the Ontario plant
Two workers of Oshawa's General Motors plant embrace before their meeting with Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, the union representing the workers at the plant in Oshawa, Ontario
'They always take it out on the back of the workers and the consumers, not their stockholders,' Nanette Donithan told ABC.
'I've been listening to Trump spouting off about this and that about General Motors and how he's mad about it but he could've done this in a much more reasonable way and not cause all this damage.'
Trump's aggressive trade policies have been aimed specifically at saving manufacturing jobs, including the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which took aim at rules governing auto trade to favor the US industry.
One employee of the Lordstown plant said that he knows some workers who voted for Trump.
'[They] now feel like those promises were made and those promises were broken.'
Joe Kanniah, who works at a sports bar near the Oshawa, Ontario, plant told The Guardian that he fears for those who are in their 50s.
'People are very disappointed. They’re worried. How are they going to find their next job? A lot of workers are in their 50s. It’s not easy,' Kanniah said.
Andrea Bourke told the newspaper: 'This place has always thrived because of the plant. GM is Oshawa. That’s who we are.'
Workers in Ontario staged a wildcat strike to protest the closure on Monday.
Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, the Canadian labor union supporting those workers, said he 'will vigorously fight again to maintain these good-paying auto jobs'.
According to reports, the five North American plants concerned employ nearly 7,000, including 3,000 workers in the Ontario plant.
The job cuts will include a 25 per cent reduction in executive-level employees to 'streamline decision making,' the company said.
The plants will be officially closed by the end of 2019, but workers will gradually lose their jobs along the way, some as soon as the new year.
As workers continue to demand answers from GM, the company's CEO, Mary Barra, said in a statement: 'The actions we are taking today continue our transformation to be highly agile, resilient and profitable, while giving us the flexibility to invest in the future.
The job cuts from GM's current 180,000-strong work force will be particularly stinging in politically crucial areas of Ohio and Michigan, a region President Donald Trump has promised to revive. This 2017 photo shows General Motors CEO Mary Barra with Trump
Several workers blame the president. Nanette Donithan (pictured) said she's 'been listening to Trump spouting off about this and that about General Motors and how he's mad about it but he could've done this in a much more reasonable way and not cause all this damage'
'We recognize the need to stay in front of changing market conditions and customer preferences to position our company for long-term success.'
Trump expressed dismay at the plan and said he was 'very tough' with Barra when they discussed the reorganization.
'I spoke with her when I heard they were closing and I said, "You know, this country has done a lot for General Motors. You better get back in there soon,"' he told reporters at the White House.
'They better put something else in.'
Barra also met with Trump's senior economic adviser Larry Kudlow, in what officials said was a previously scheduled meeting at the White House.
On Tuesday, the president threatened to punish GM following the company's decision.
He said he is 'very disappointed with General Motors' and Barra' for the plant closures.
'The U.S. saved General Motors, and this is the THANKS we get! We are now looking at cutting all @GM subsidies, including.... for electric cars,' he wrote in the tweet.
GM will shutter three North American auto assembly plants next year: the Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada; Hamtramck in Detroit, Michigan and Lordstown in Warren, Ohio.
In addition, GM will close two US propulsion plants -- which produce batteries and transmissions -- in Baltimore, Maryland, and Warren, Michigan, as well two unidentified plants outside of North America.
Workers (pictured) at the Ontario plant staged a wildcat strike to protest the closure on Monday
Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, the Canadian labor union, said he 'will vigorously fight again to maintain these good-paying auto jobs'. GM employees staged a wildcat strike on Monday
Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, lambasted GM's move as 'corporate greed at its worst' and also took a swipe at the 2017 tax cut favored by Trump which was touted as a jobs winner.
'The company reaped a massive tax break from last year's GOP tax bill and failed to invest that money in American jobs,' Brown said on Twitter.
In Canada, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau expressed 'deep disappointment' with the plant closure.
Meanwhile, Wall Street cheered the actions. GM shares jumped after the announcement, closing up 4.8 per cent on the day.
While GM has been increasing its focus on highly popular trucks and SUVs, the company said it would also prioritize investment in 'next-generation battery-electric architectures'.
In an investor call, Barra said some GM cars would no longer be available in North America, including the Chevrolet Cruze.
As of March 1, 2019, the Cruze will no longer be produced.
GM will shutter three North American auto assembly plants next year: the Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada; Hamtramck in Detroit, Michigan and Lordstown in Warren, Ohio (pictured)
Unions representing workers (file image) in the US and in Canada have vowed to fight back against GM's decision
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‘They don’t care about us and it’s not what it used to be,’ mother-of-two, Tara Gress said.
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