How Closing a GM Plant Hit Wilmington

The human cost in one Delaware city

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

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GM president and CEO Frtiz Henderson (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

GM CEO Fritz Henderson apologized yesterday to all the GM workers who have sacrificed for the company. Some 550 people in Wilmington, Delaware, are among those hit by the plan to close the local GM plant. A look at the human cost of an economic decision.

Andrew Eder is a business reporter for Delaware Online and he’s here to give us some insight into how this is effecting the city.

For more on GM, read Law Professor John Pottow's post, How Obama Can Succeed at GM.

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