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Next week they are giving free tours of the GM Assembly Plant and free test drives. I'm actually kinda interested.
I'm thinking that I need a shirt that reads "Your 'Union' costs AMERICANS Money" 
By Bob Cox
rcox@star-telegram.com
General Motors will be offering free tours of its Arlington assembly plant to the public during the week preceding the Super Bowl.
Tours of the plant, which will be working normal shifts building new GM sport utility vehicles, will be held Monday through Thursday of Super Bowl week.
Visitors to the plant, both those in town for the game and local residents, will also have the opportunity to look at and test drive an assortment of new GM vehicles that will be available.
GM spokesman Donna McLallen said Friday that game organizers approached plant manager Paul Graham and asked if the company could participate in showcasing Arlington and North Texas.
"We've gone through some tough times lately, and we appreciate the support of the local community," McLallen said.
Senior GM executives had mandated that each of the company's plants hold open houses and tours this year, so for the Arlington plant it was an opportunity to accomplish two missions at once.
"We're part of the city of Arlington, and the Super Bowl is here and we want to be a part of that," McLallen said.
GM and the United Auto Workers will have a joint, Buy America display staffed by the local membership.
Tours will be from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and again from 5:45 to 8 p.m. Jan. 31 through Feb. 3.
GM, in a rare step, will allow visitors to bring cameras into the plant and take pictures of vehicles being built. GM employees will direct the tours and explain the manufacturing process as vehicles are being produced.
The tours are free, and no tickets or reservations are required, but the number of visitors will be limited and accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Visitors must wear closed-toe shoes for safety. No open-toe shoes or high heels are allowed in the manufacturing area.
GM's Arlington plant produced more than 280,000 Chevy Tahoes and Suburbans, GMC Yukons and Cadillac Escalades last year. It produces about 1,140 vehicles in two 10-hour shifts with about 2,300 hourly manufacturing workers and another 200 salaried employees.
McLallen said GM is a major Super Bowl sponsor, and the Arlington plant has built a number of courtesy vehicles for use by the NFL.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/01...#ixzz1CAzYG9an
rcox@star-telegram.com
General Motors will be offering free tours of its Arlington assembly plant to the public during the week preceding the Super Bowl.
Tours of the plant, which will be working normal shifts building new GM sport utility vehicles, will be held Monday through Thursday of Super Bowl week.
Visitors to the plant, both those in town for the game and local residents, will also have the opportunity to look at and test drive an assortment of new GM vehicles that will be available.
GM spokesman Donna McLallen said Friday that game organizers approached plant manager Paul Graham and asked if the company could participate in showcasing Arlington and North Texas.
"We've gone through some tough times lately, and we appreciate the support of the local community," McLallen said.
Senior GM executives had mandated that each of the company's plants hold open houses and tours this year, so for the Arlington plant it was an opportunity to accomplish two missions at once.
"We're part of the city of Arlington, and the Super Bowl is here and we want to be a part of that," McLallen said.
GM and the United Auto Workers will have a joint, Buy America display staffed by the local membership.
Tours will be from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and again from 5:45 to 8 p.m. Jan. 31 through Feb. 3.
GM, in a rare step, will allow visitors to bring cameras into the plant and take pictures of vehicles being built. GM employees will direct the tours and explain the manufacturing process as vehicles are being produced.
The tours are free, and no tickets or reservations are required, but the number of visitors will be limited and accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Visitors must wear closed-toe shoes for safety. No open-toe shoes or high heels are allowed in the manufacturing area.
GM's Arlington plant produced more than 280,000 Chevy Tahoes and Suburbans, GMC Yukons and Cadillac Escalades last year. It produces about 1,140 vehicles in two 10-hour shifts with about 2,300 hourly manufacturing workers and another 200 salaried employees.
McLallen said GM is a major Super Bowl sponsor, and the Arlington plant has built a number of courtesy vehicles for use by the NFL.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/01...#ixzz1CAzYG9an
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