by Laura Conaway

With the news today that Chrysler will file for bankruptcy after all, I checked in with the automotive worker who walked us through the union's new agreement. He writes that he's trying to keep some distance from it all, after years of following every twist and turn in Detroit:

At first I couldn't get enough news about what's going on and that was all I would talk about. I thought knowing what was happening would give me some sort of control. After 9 years of doom and gloom and no possible job prospects out there for me, I will just keep showing up to do my job until the doors are padlocked shut. I have too many people around me now who look at me as one of the lucky ones. Considering they can't find work and the job market gets more flooded everyday with more people going for the same few jobs.

 

Yes, it's very disconcerting to keep having the rug pulled out underneath me. The news about the creditors does not surprise me though. Frankly if I were to hear good news like when the Fiat reports first came out, I brace myself for it turning into bad. Bracing myself for bad news is about all I have control of now.

Sorry this wasn't what you were looking to hear and I couldn't give you any insight but to me this is just more of what I have experienced already and I'm just numb. Earlier today a friend texted me to let me know CNN was at my plant and I didn't even care enough to watch it, not even out of curiosity.