(NewsNation) — Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, Chrysler and Ram, just laid off up to 2,500 autoworkers in Warren, Michigan.
Michigan is known as car country, so when an auto company starts laying people off, the unemployment train begins to roll downhill.
As part of NewsNation’s “Going Broke: The Forgotten Americans” series, special correspondent Charlie LeDuff spoke with autoworkers in Michigan who say “everybody’s angry” and some are “scared to death.”
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Autoworkers hold an important voice in politics. However, in the last 25 years, America has laid off 260,000 people in the industry.
Machine worker Bob Murray told LeDuff his industry feels forgotten by politicians.
“I think our governor (Governor Gretchen Whitmer) has left us hanging for sure. I don’t think she cares about business in this state right here. She needs to,” said Murray, who has been a UAW member for 30 years.
