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Sen. Brown Delivers Speech on Importance of
Auto Industry to Ohio Communities
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2009
Sen. Brown has called on GM to explain its rationale in determining which plants to retool and which to close.
Below are Sen. Brown's remarks from a speech he delivered this week on the U.S. Senate floor. Sen. Brown has called on GM to explain its rationale in determining which plants to retool and which to close. Sen. Brown has also been a leader in Congress to ensure that auto communities have access to the resources and assistance they need to support displaced workers and invest in the future of their economies.
Sen. Brown Delivers Speech on Importance of
Auto Industry to Ohio Communities
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2009
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Sen. Brown has called on GM to explain its rationale in determining which plants to retool and which to close.
Below are Sen. Brown's remarks from a speech he delivered this week on the U.S. Senate floor. Sen. Brown has called on GM to explain its rationale in determining which plants to retool and which to close. Sen. Brown has also been a leader in Congress to ensure that auto communities have access to the resources and assistance they need to support displaced workers and invest in the future of their economies.
In my state of Ohio, and especially other states like Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, middle-class families are facing a new wave of job losses. Four-hundred thousand Ohioans are employed directly or indirectly because of the auto industry. The auto industry crisis is a crisis in my state, in Michigan, and other states in the region.
As Congress works to help the industry through the difficult times, the industry must do all it can to keep the jobs at home. It was welcome news when GM announced that rather than start more small-car production in China and Mexico - which they have done in the past - that they would open a new small-car manufacturing plant somewhere in one of these auto states.
As Congress works, this crisis has hit home in my state, especially in Mansfield, where GM has one of its best stamping plants. Workers at this plant were asked to make concessions over the past two years, and they did. They were asked to produce in an exceptionally efficient manager, and they now rank at or near the top across a range of performance standards.
The Mansfield GM Fisher Body Stamping Plant played by the rules, did all that was expected of them, and they made it to the top, literally to the top of GM's stamping plants. Yet, GM has decided to close this facility. GM will not include the Mansfield Stamping Plant in the new GM; one they say is focused on building fuel-efficient cars for the 21st century.
That decision is troubling. It's more than troubling to employees or to members of this community - the Mansfield community and to me.
Yesterday, I met with GM officials who were direct and polite and are trying to do their best. I met with GM officials to try to understand their decision. I told them I'm not convinced this makes sense for the new GM to close this Mansfield Fisher Body Stamping Plant. I know it doesn't make sense for Ohio.
GM's score shows the Mansfield plant has met nearly 100 percent of its targets. It has a productivity rate of 94 percent.
Twinsburg workers and their families got the rug pulled out from under them last month.
The crisis is playing itself out every day as auto suppliers struggle to find credit. It is not just Mansfield and Twinsburg. It's not just the loss of fewer than 100 people, but 80 or 90 people who represent families - families in the Columbus area who lost jobs when a GM supply center closed.
It also is what's happening to the companies that supply the auto companies, which employ more workers than the auto companies themselves do. The crisis plays itself out every single day as auto suppliers struggle to find credit. The manufacturer has auto customers and banks that seem to put them on a black list and don't want to extend any loans, even those backed by the Small Business Administration.
The crisis plays itself out in Warren and Dayton, where Delphi salary workers who played by the rules are left without pensions that they deserve. Warren, Dayton, and smaller communities are unfortunately not unique. There are stories from small Ohio towns, such as Trotwood, Vanwood, Greenwood, and other areas across Ohio and throughout the Midwest.
That's why it angered me as I sat in the Banking Committee as I chaired that committee while Chairman Dodd was working on health care issues. It angered me to hear that the restructuring proposals by GM and Chrysler were portrayed by more conservative colleagues in this body as everybody sacrificing but the workers.
We have seen a $7 an hour cut in compensation for these workers. That's a $14,000 a year hit that these workers are taking. They're far from giveaways. American auto workers, their families, and their communities are all in this together and have suffered. Their communities have suffered more than anybody.
Just three years ago, there were a quarter million members of the UAW after the GM and Chrysler restructuring in the auto industry. These are men and women who make up the nation's middle class. They work hard and support their families. They watch as their chance at the American dream just goes up in smoke. It's an American tragedy. Anyone who dismisses it as otherwise should be ashamed.
Wages have decreased for entry level workers and key benefits have been cut. Understand the much maligned legacy costs that companies are burdened with. These legacy costs, health care, and pensions were negotiated at the bargaining table when workers said we'll take less money in salary and wages today if you put that money aside for health care now and pensions later. So, they gave up dollars at the bargaining table. That's what these legacy costs are.
Every facet of this restructuring has an impact on hard-working families, on their communities, and their nation as a whole.
We should ask ourselves this: is the government doing everything it can to create jobs and protect jobs that aren't sacrificed because of expediency, politics, information gaps, or favoritism.
I held a conference call with mayors from the auto communities. Nearly all raised the call that they will need to eliminate the police, fire, and other local government entities - eliminating teaching positions and others because of shortfalls in tax revenues due to the closings.
The worries from these mayors remind us that we're talking about more than jobs and bottom lines. We're talking about the nation's manufacturing future. We're talking about our nation's middle class.
As Congress works to help the industry through the difficult times, the industry must do all it can to keep the jobs at home. It was welcome news when GM announced that rather than start more small-car production in China and Mexico - which they have done in the past - that they would open a new small-car manufacturing plant somewhere in one of these auto states.
As Congress works, this crisis has hit home in my state, especially in Mansfield, where GM has one of its best stamping plants. Workers at this plant were asked to make concessions over the past two years, and they did. They were asked to produce in an exceptionally efficient manager, and they now rank at or near the top across a range of performance standards.
The Mansfield GM Fisher Body Stamping Plant played by the rules, did all that was expected of them, and they made it to the top, literally to the top of GM's stamping plants. Yet, GM has decided to close this facility. GM will not include the Mansfield Stamping Plant in the new GM; one they say is focused on building fuel-efficient cars for the 21st century.
That decision is troubling. It's more than troubling to employees or to members of this community - the Mansfield community and to me.
Yesterday, I met with GM officials who were direct and polite and are trying to do their best. I met with GM officials to try to understand their decision. I told them I'm not convinced this makes sense for the new GM to close this Mansfield Fisher Body Stamping Plant. I know it doesn't make sense for Ohio.
GM's score shows the Mansfield plant has met nearly 100 percent of its targets. It has a productivity rate of 94 percent.
Twinsburg workers and their families got the rug pulled out from under them last month.
The crisis is playing itself out every day as auto suppliers struggle to find credit. It is not just Mansfield and Twinsburg. It's not just the loss of fewer than 100 people, but 80 or 90 people who represent families - families in the Columbus area who lost jobs when a GM supply center closed.
It also is what's happening to the companies that supply the auto companies, which employ more workers than the auto companies themselves do. The crisis plays itself out every single day as auto suppliers struggle to find credit. The manufacturer has auto customers and banks that seem to put them on a black list and don't want to extend any loans, even those backed by the Small Business Administration.
The crisis plays itself out in Warren and Dayton, where Delphi salary workers who played by the rules are left without pensions that they deserve. Warren, Dayton, and smaller communities are unfortunately not unique. There are stories from small Ohio towns, such as Trotwood, Vanwood, Greenwood, and other areas across Ohio and throughout the Midwest.
That's why it angered me as I sat in the Banking Committee as I chaired that committee while Chairman Dodd was working on health care issues. It angered me to hear that the restructuring proposals by GM and Chrysler were portrayed by more conservative colleagues in this body as everybody sacrificing but the workers.
We have seen a $7 an hour cut in compensation for these workers. That's a $14,000 a year hit that these workers are taking. They're far from giveaways. American auto workers, their families, and their communities are all in this together and have suffered. Their communities have suffered more than anybody.
Just three years ago, there were a quarter million members of the UAW after the GM and Chrysler restructuring in the auto industry. These are men and women who make up the nation's middle class. They work hard and support their families. They watch as their chance at the American dream just goes up in smoke. It's an American tragedy. Anyone who dismisses it as otherwise should be ashamed.
Wages have decreased for entry level workers and key benefits have been cut. Understand the much maligned legacy costs that companies are burdened with. These legacy costs, health care, and pensions were negotiated at the bargaining table when workers said we'll take less money in salary and wages today if you put that money aside for health care now and pensions later. So, they gave up dollars at the bargaining table. That's what these legacy costs are.
Every facet of this restructuring has an impact on hard-working families, on their communities, and their nation as a whole.
We should ask ourselves this: is the government doing everything it can to create jobs and protect jobs that aren't sacrificed because of expediency, politics, information gaps, or favoritism.
I held a conference call with mayors from the auto communities. Nearly all raised the call that they will need to eliminate the police, fire, and other local government entities - eliminating teaching positions and others because of shortfalls in tax revenues due to the closings.
The worries from these mayors remind us that we're talking about more than jobs and bottom lines. We're talking about the nation's manufacturing future. We're talking about our nation's middle class.
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AUGUST 02, 2009
LOCAL, STATE OFFICIALS PUT UP GOOD FIGHT ON GM
Decades from now, when our children's grandchildren look back at the recession of 2009, they will see that north central Ohio didn't give up one of its most treasured factories without a tremendous fight.
read full article »
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read full article »
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read full article »
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read full article »
LOCAL LEADERS TURN FOCUS TO FINDING NEW TENANT FOR GM STAMPING PLANT
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read full article »
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read full article »
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Conducted by the University of Michigan
read full article »
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Times like these provide opportunities for us to come together to find solutions and reverse our economic fortunes. ...
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read full article »
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read full article »
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Becky Hall has an interesting take on the closure of the the local GM plant. “For the first time in my life, I can be thankful to be my age,” ...
read full article »
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LT. GOV. GETS BEHIND RESCUE EFFORT
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher promised local leaders Friday he and Gov. Ted Strickland will try to persuade General Motors Corp. not to shut down the Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center. ...
read full article »
JULY 16, 2009
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read full article »
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read full article »
JULY 09, 2009
SENATOR SHERROD BROWN’S LETTER TO GM VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS KEN COLE
In organizing the new General Motors, I understood that tough decisions would be made, but believed they would be made based on what was good for General Motors. ...
view full release »
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view full release »
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OHIO CRITICS WANT FACTORY SAVED
A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio. ...
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OHIO CRITICS OF GM PLANT CLOSURE EXPAND EFFORTS, ADD ONLINE CAMPAIGN, TO SAVE GM FACTORY
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ELECTED OFFICIALS, GM WORKERS EXPECTED TO ATTEND WEEKEND 4TH OF JULY EVENT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MANSFIELD-ONTARIO METAL CENTER
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Local leaders hope a new Web site, e-mail and letter-writing campaigns, and an Independence Day rally will bring national attention and ...
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JUNE 30, 2009
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I recently had a long conversation about the Mansfield stamping plant with your Vice President for North American Operations, Tim Lee. ...
read full article »
LETTER: WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE QUIET IN EFFORTS TO SAVE PLANT
I am a retired employee of General Motors Corp.'s Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center. I gave 46 years and 2 months of service with great pride, ...
read full article »
JUNE 26, 2009
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We should all be very concerned about the premature closing of the Mansfield-Ontario General Motors plant. ...
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JUNE 25, 2009
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A rally in support of General Motors will be part of this community's Fourth of July Festival. ...
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JUNE 22, 2009
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An Ohio county is asking a bankruptcy judge for a little more time before it says goodbye to its local General Motors Corp. plant. ...
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While 4th District Rep. Jim Jordan pushes to keep open General Motors Corp.'s Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center through ...
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JUNE 18, 2009
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JUNE 14, 2009
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AUGUST 02, 2009
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Decades from now, when our children's grandchildren look back at the recession of 2009, they will see that north central Ohio didn't give up one of its most treasured factories without a tremendous fight.
read full article »
AUGUST 01, 2009
VP OF GM VISITS OHIO TO DISCUSS CLOSING PLANT
The Vice President of General Motors made a special trip to Ohio to talk with UAW workers about why the company has decided to close the Mansfield-Ontario Stamping Plant.
read full article »
CLOSURE CERTAIN FOR MANSFIELD STAMPING PLANT
The Mansfield General Motors stamping plant will close as planned no later than June 2010.
read full article »
AFTER BOTCHED TRANSFER, AT LEAST 1 GM WORKER HEARS PROMISING WORDS
Dave Bayes was probably one of the only people who left Ontario City Hall somewhat satisfied Friday.
read full article »
LOCAL LEADERS TURN FOCUS TO FINDING NEW TENANT FOR GM STAMPING PLANT
The chairman of the Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM committee said local officials were given a very firm but well presented "no" during a hour-long private meeting Friday with Tim Lee, General Motors' vice president of global manufacturing.
read full article »
JULY 31, 2009
GM'S FINAL WORD ON KEEPING PLANT OPEN: NO
Several state and local officials met Friday in Ontario to calm the city down. Or at least explain a few things.
read full article »
GM VP TIM LEE MEETS WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT PLANT
The general public and the Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM Committee hot their day in the sun Friday in talking with a high-ranking General Motors official.
read full article »
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTS $1.1 BILLION ANNUAL ECONOMIC LOSS IF MANSFIELD ONTARIO METAL CENTER CLOSES
Conducted by the University of Michigan
read full article »
JULY 30, 2009
UPDATE: GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND CONFIRMED TO ATTEND MEETING
GM Vice President of global manufacturing to meet with committee ...
read full article »
JULY 27, 2009
GM VP TO VISIT ONTARIO ON FRIDAY
General Motors vice president of global manufacturing Timothy Lee will meet with the Mansfield Makes Sense ...
read full article »
JULY 22, 2009
OHIO SENATE PRESIDENT BILL HARRIS' LETTER TO GM
Times like these provide opportunities for us to come together to find solutions and reverse our economic fortunes. ...
read full article »
JULY 21, 2009
GM PLANT CLOSING TEARS AT OHIO COMMUNITY
When General Motors, the biggest employer in town, laid off 400 workers in December, it was like a boulder falling into a very small pond. ...
read full article »
JULY 20, 2009
WORKERS AND LAWMAKERS ALIKE ARE SEEKING ANSWERS
Senator says GM has agreed to send a senior executive to Mansfield. ...
read full article »
JULY 19, 2009
COMMUNITY STILL FIGHTING FOR GM MANSFIELD: LETTER TO GM CEO HENDERSON QUESTIONS FLINT PLANT
For all intents and purposes the decision to close GM’s Mansfield, Ohio stamping plant has been made. However, community leaders, UAW officials and ex-employees are desparately trying to convince CEO Fritz Henderson to reconsider. ...
read full article »
GM LIVES: CLOSURE 'JUST A PERFECT STORM'
To Erik Belmer, the real tragedy is not the expected closure of the local GM plant sometime next year, but the loss of camaraderie with his fellow workers. ...
read full article »
GM LIVES: LONG-TIME DIE MAKER READY TO RETIRE
Becky Hall has an interesting take on the closure of the the local GM plant. “For the first time in my life, I can be thankful to be my age,” ...
read full article »
TOP GM OFFICIAL TO VISIT LOCAL PLANT
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, confirmed Saturday that General Motors Corp.'s vice president of manufacturing is heading to Mansfield to discuss the decision to close the local plant. ...
read full article »
JULY 18, 2009
LT. GOV. GETS BEHIND RESCUE EFFORT
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher promised local leaders Friday he and Gov. Ted Strickland will try to persuade General Motors Corp. not to shut down the Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center. ...
read full article »
JULY 16, 2009
LT. GOV. FISHER TO TALK GM IN ONTARIO
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher will be in Ontario on Friday to meet with local officials and members of the “Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM” committee. ...
read full article »
MANSFIELD, OHIO, KEEPS UP PRESSURE TO KEEP GENERAL MOTORS PLANT OPEN
Boosters of the General Motors' stamping plant in Mansfield, Ohio are proving they won't watch the factory shut down without a fight. ...
read full article »
JULY 09, 2009
SENATOR SHERROD BROWN’S LETTER TO GM VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS KEN COLE
In organizing the new General Motors, I understood that tough decisions would be made, but believed they would be made based on what was good for General Motors. ...
view full release »
GM PRESIDENT AND CEO FRITZ HENDERSON TO PROVIDE BUSINESS UPDATES
General Motors President and CEO Fritz Henderson will host a press conference on Friday, July 10, to update the media on GM business activities. This will be followed later in the day by web and Twitter chats. ...
view full release »
COMMITTEE TO SAVE LOCAL GM PLANT SAYS RALLY WAS SUCCESS
Following a Fourth of July rally that attracted Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and many other elected officials, the Mansfield Makes Sense ...
read full article »
JULY 05, 2009
LOCAL, STATE OFFICIALS RALLY SUPPORT TO SAVE GM PLANT
Many local and state dignitaries spoke at the Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM rally on Independence Day during the ...
read full article »
STRICKLAND MAKES PITCH TO SAVE GM PLANT
Gov. Ted Strickland made an unannounced appearance at Ontario's Fourth of July festival Saturday afternoon. ...
read full article »
JULY 04, 2009
GM WORKERS RALLY
Ohio GM workers rally in Mansfield to convince General Motors to reconsider closing their plant. ...
read full article »
OHIO CRITICS WANT FACTORY SAVED
A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio. ...
read full article »
JULY 03, 2009
OHIO CRITICS OF GM PLANT CLOSURE EXPAND EFFORTS, ADD ONLINE CAMPAIGN, TO SAVE GM FACTORY
A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio. ...
read full article »
JULY 02, 2009
ELECTED OFFICIALS, GM WORKERS EXPECTED TO ATTEND WEEKEND 4TH OF JULY EVENT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MANSFIELD-ONTARIO METAL CENTER
The Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM Committee Organized Rally at Annual Ontario Festival ...
read full article »
JULY 01, 2009
WEB SITES, RALLY PLANNED IN EFFORT TO SAVE ONTARIO GM
Local leaders hope a new Web site, e-mail and letter-writing campaigns, and an Independence Day rally will bring national attention and ...
read full article »
JUNE 30, 2009
LETTER FROM SENATOR SHERROD BROWN TO GM CEO FRITZ HENDERSON
I recently had a long conversation about the Mansfield stamping plant with your Vice President for North American Operations, Tim Lee. ...
read full article »
LETTER: WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE QUIET IN EFFORTS TO SAVE PLANT
I am a retired employee of General Motors Corp.'s Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center. I gave 46 years and 2 months of service with great pride, ...
read full article »
JUNE 26, 2009
CLOSING PLANT WOULD BE MISTAKE FOR GM
We should all be very concerned about the premature closing of the Mansfield-Ontario General Motors plant. ...
read full article »
JUNE 25, 2009
GM RALLY WILL BE PART OF ONTARIO JULY 4 EVENT
A rally in support of General Motors will be part of this community's Fourth of July Festival. ...
read full article »
JUNE 22, 2009
OHIO COUNTY ASKS JUDGE TO KEEP GM PLANT OPEN
An Ohio county is asking a bankruptcy judge for a little more time before it says goodbye to its local General Motors Corp. plant. ...
read full article »
CAN A BRAC EFFORT SAVE LOCAL GM PLANT?
While 4th District Rep. Jim Jordan pushes to keep open General Motors Corp.'s Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center through ...
read full article »
GM DATA CITED TO KEEP MANSFIELD PLANT OPEN
The stamping plant has been in operation more than 50 years, and internal records show it is exactly the kind of efficient and ...
read full article »
JUNE 18, 2009
CITY COUNCIL WILL ASK GM TO RESCIND CLOSING PLANT
Mansfield City Council approved a resolution Tuesday asking the General Motors Corporation to rescind its decision to ...
read full article »
JUNE 17, 2009
MANSFIELD CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION TO HELP SAVE GM PLANT »
GM PLANT CLOSING WILL DEVASTATE MANSFIELD ECONOMY
Mansfield Mayor Don Culliver says the closing of the Mansfield-Ontario Metal Center will have a devastating effect on the city's economy. ...
read full article »
JUNE 15, 2009
GM’S CEO FRITZ HENDERSON LIVE ON TWITTER
GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson will be on Twitter LIVE Tomorrow, June 18 at 2:45 p.m. EST ...
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JUNE 14, 2009
SEN. BROWN DELIVERS SPEECH ON IMPORTANCE OF AUTO INDUSTRY TO OHIO COMMUNITIES
Senator Sherrod Brown has been working to support Ohio auto communities through the crisis. ...
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SAVING THE GM MANSFIELD-ONTARIO PLANT
We played by GM’s rules, became highly efficient and have earned a place in the New GM. ...
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