18 Quotes by Sean McAlinden

Where there's not sales growth in the market at all everything is market share, everything is price and it becomes particularly vicious. There's no rising tides to lift any boats in this market.

I don't remember GM ever doing anything like this before, not firing people and putting them out on the street with a box. They were called 'Mother GM' for a reason.

GM may have to enter this situation and take a good chunk of Delphi back.

Turning over an entire labor force has never happened on this scale.

The union talks a tough game, but I don't think they're going to let anyone walk out. Everybody is in the same lifeboat. They're not going to start to fence with each other in a rubber lifeboat.

The scariest picture in town is the Hyundai Sonata. It's the best value in the automotive market. It has everything that a Honda Accord and a Toyota Camry has, and it's built in Alabama.

So this brings up the natural question: Where the heck is the business? It's really not developing here.

As Ford gets smaller, Michigan will get smaller. One hundred thousand people left the state in the last two years, and this will accelerate in the wake of Monday's announcement.

This is an important first step in extending collaborative business practices and embracing globalization to ensure Michigan remains competitive in automotive technologies and labor education.