Anxious America: Smyrna, Tennessee; Foreign Investment brings a town jobs--and worries too

This article tells us about how the Japanese make, Nissan, decides to build its plant in Smyrna, Tennessee where it created thousands of jobs for the people of Smyrna. "With 5,700 employees, Nissan remains Smyrna's largest employer...". But from the competition in the auto industry, Nissan decided to offer a buyout plan. This cut 770 jobs at Smyrna and the hiring of temporary workers has the full-time workers concerned they'll be "pushed out to make room for less expensive labor". Rick Bratcher, who opened up a car dealership in 1992, sees how American companies have moved to foreign destination. Although Nissan says that they do not plan to shut down their plant at Smyrna, Bratcher and other people of Smyrna are concerned that Nissan might resort to moving over seas.
Although many companies start out in the United States, they end up taking their business over seas so that they can make more profit by paying workers less. As said by GM lobbyist Tom Kay, "Businesses need to stay competitive in today's economic climate". But in certain countries such as Asia, the U.S. currency is worth more. So Japan might have wanted to build the Nissan plant in the U.S. so that they would make more profit.
This article relates to the documentary "Roger and Me" because they both had a similarity in their story, that an automobile plant provided the people in the city their jobs. As stated at the beginning of the documentary by Michael Moore, "Roger Smith's plan was to close 11 GM plants, move to Mexico and build 11 plants there, paying workers 70-74 cents an hour", which relates to how Nissan is hiring temporary workers for less expensive labor.

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