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Isnt that a contradiction, laying off workers and introducing a new truck? >> it is in some ways, dana. this is the flint assembly plant. these are the heavy duty trucks. cash cows for g.m. and very popular right now. this plant is booming. four other plants as you report will shut down production, breaking news today though, general motorss president mark royce telling fox bus, that anybody that is laid off will have another job. >> we have jobs for everybody here coming out of other plants. >>...

Were talking about factory workers there and white collar workers. 4,000 this week alone are being laid off by general motors. the only brought side, in addition to severance and retraining, this is the time to be laid off when unemployment is low. >> dana: we hope they find new jobs soon. thanks, jeff. >> yep. >> dana: u.s. flag flown during d day will soon return to mark after first going on display in the netherlands. a dutch collector owns the flag who he paid $500,000 years ago and it tells...

Welcome back. president trumps promise to put factory workers back to work in wisconsin seems to be going south or at least a little bit side ways. fox con has nixed the plans to invest $10 billion in a high tech manufacturing factory there. instead, they will recruit researchers and engineers to turn the location into what they are calling a technology hub. well get into what that means in a minute and how the community is responding. here is what the president said last year when he went to wi...

Things in common with otherto americans, factory workers, loggers, coal miners, all of them, and many more have seen their way of life disappear, thanks to technology or outsourcing or private equity. this kind of thing has been going on a long time. now in previous cycles of what we used to call creative destruction, they had new advice for blue-collar workers, just learn to code, coding is the future. reop whining and embrace it. heres a selection of headlines that you might remember on the su...

The global market place and the industry in which they operate, ali. >> so, foxconn is a company whose chairman has said that he actually would like to replace a lot of the workers who are putting these things together in china, these phones and things like that in china, with robots. so this is a guy who thinks that chinese labor, which is some of the cheapest labor in the world, is too expensive. why would reasonable people have thought that foxconn would make a very big investment in u.s. pri...

That rejecting her plan would be catastrophic for the united kingdom. she will say all this in a speech to a group of factory workers in a pro brexit city on monday. >> so despite the prime ministers attempts to gain more support for this deal that remains resoundingly unpopular among mps, what are the implications if parliament, as expected, fails to approve this plan? >> reporter: good morning. thats right, we have just over 24 hours before that vote is to take place in parliament on tuesday n...

Welcome back. britains prime minister is scrambling to safe her brexit deal. lawmakers will be debating in a few hours and teresa may will give a speech to factory workers in a pro brexit city on monday. >> shell tell them and lawmakers that rejecting her plan would be catastrophic for the u.k. but the opposition leader says mrs. may might soon find herself out of a job. >> we will table the motion at a time of our choosing, but its going to be soon. dont worry about that. well have the vote and...

Good alternative to her brexit plan but that sounds like the same argument shes been making for weeks. is there anything that she can say today that she hadnt already said? >> she has been saying the same thing for months. were 24 hours away. teresa may is attempting despite all indications that things are not looking good for her brexit deal to try to convince enough members to vote with her deal. shes going to give a speech to factory workers and during that speech, shes going to try to tell m...

Threats in order to keep those people in line. you cant go to the cops, right? i will have you deported and in some instances physical abuse. its actually quite prevalent. ive done trials involving forced labor. weve seen it everywhere from i migrant workers on farms to factory workers, sex trafficking and the hospitality industry. >> does it look like theres going to be a formal investigation? >> it sounds like there is one. if these facts are proven out and withstand investigation then you cou...

Vulnerable populations will find someone undocumented, put them to work and as you allege, use threats in order to keep those people in line. you cant go to the cops, right? i will have you deported and in some instances physical abuse. its actually quite prevalent. ive done trials involving forced labor. weve seen it everywhere from migrant workers on farms to factory workers, sex trafficking and the hospitality industry. >> does it look like theres going to be a formal investigation? >> it sou...