Tuesday, May 31, 2005

The demise of Michigan's wire harness industry

From: The Detroit News

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Driven Abroad

The demise of Michigan's wire harness industry is a global tale of economic survival and the endless quest for cheap labor

One Michigan company. One auto part. Four countries. Thousands of lives forever changed.;

Huang Wei's future and Deb Coverdill's past are linked by a bundle of color-coded wires.

Coverdill had seen hundreds of co-workers laid off and machinery shipped overseas from her automotive wire harness plant in Michigan. In October, Coverdill's plant was for sale and her job in jeopardy.

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