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plant? well, we are focused on job security for some 50,000 members and their families. there are several plants that are unallocated but the theme of job security and secured employment is what we have been talking about time and time again after and during these negotiations. one of the plants right behind me where you see the marching uaw members is the hamtramck plant. they are on that list to potentially not have product for years to come. so there are four and there may be additional, but in november 26, 2018, four of them were announced. specific details on each one, i will not get into. what i will tell you is that it has always within a priority for the uaw to sustain job security in any one of our agreements and
temporarily laying off workers who built them. you may remember the electric car was highlight of president obama s auto industry bailout. even after government rebates took thousands of dollars off the price tag of the sales of chevy volt fell flat. i remember the president saying he wanted to drive that car. after he leaves office that s what he says he wants to do. part of the volt s problem is it is pretty expensive. 40,000 dollars if you include the $4,500 tax credit to buy one. even with gas prices going higher and higher they are unwilling to take faith in an electric vehicle that can go 30 miles on batteries alone before the gasoline engine kicks in before it needs recharging. the five week idling of the hamtramck plant where volts are assembled results in layoff of 1500 workers. the volt as you said was heavily tout bide the administration and