One Job's Journey by Kate Linthicum

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: One Job’s Journey
Writer: Kate Linthicum
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1. Chris Wade lives in Warren, Ohio.
2. Chris Wade is 47 years old.
3. Delphi Automotive is a parts manufacturer.
4. Berta Alicia Lopez lives in Juarez, Mexico.
5. Berta Alicia Lopez is 54 years old.
6. After Delphi Automotive left Ohio, they went to China and Mexico.
7. Berta Alicia Lopez assembles cables and electronics at the Delphi Automotive plant in Juarez, Mexico.
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11. The North American Free Trade Agreement eliminated most tariffs.
12. The North American Free Trade Agreement began in 1994.
13. The cause for the Rust Belt replacing middle class factory positions with lower-paying service industry jobs are changes in technology and competition with China.
14. There were 17 million manufacturing jobs in the United States in 2000.
15. There were 11 million manufacturing jobs in the United States in 2010.
16. Gordon Hanson is an economist and trade expert at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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18. President Trump is proposing a 20% tax on imports from Mexico.
19. 80% of Mexico’s export goes to the United States.
20. President Enrique Peña Nieto said that further trade talks will include immigration and security.
21. Packard Electric was the old name of Delphi Automotive in 1890.
22. In 1890 Delphi Automotive was making lightbulbs.
23. In 1932 Delphi Automotive became part of General Motors.
24. Berta Alicia Lopez grew up in Bermejillo, a dusty  town in the state of Durango.
25. Berta Alicia Lopez was in the 5th grade when she was pulled out of school.
26. Mexican farmers couldn’t compete with giant U.S. agribusinesses.
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28. Maquiladoras are factories in Mexico.
29. Delphi Automotive filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
30. 21 of 29 American plants are planned to be closed by Delphi Automotive.
31. Delphi Automotive has workers in 20 cities.
32. Delphi Automotive has a 70,000 workforce.
33. Robert Miller is the CEO for Delphi Automotive.
34. Ford decided not to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico.
35. Jose Massaro, Delphi’s CEO, said that all the people who voted for Trump in Michigan and Ohio would be out of work if President Trump were to close the border with Mexico.
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Reference
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-kate-linthicum-staff.html