The bottom line is profit. Her husband echoes her sentiments. GM Chairman John F. Smith Jr. But instead of framing it or putting it in a scrapbook, Nolff went to the nearest coffee pot on the assembly line, emptied the grounds onto the certificate and heaved the mess into a garbage can. I throw away. I am angry.
Morale is really bad.
The workers here who build the Buick Park Avenue and LeSabre may be the most alienated of America's factory employees, according to experts who are watching the slow disintegration of this Michigan community. The Detroit News Bud and Cheryl Nolffs met at Buick City and enjoy golfing together. Cheryl wonders how quickly Flint will die when the plant closes. We've found that management does not really start thinking about plans for finding solutions until the crisis becomes apparent. If they intervened early, they would not have to go through drastic actions like closing an entire plant.