How Closing a GM Plant Hit Wilmington

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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.

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