For this family, good things sprang from GM

"I just drove by the plant the other day," said Dan, who found a new job in the plastics industry. "There are a lot of good people who are not going to be as lucky as I have been.

"I don't think GM has gotten what it deserved," said Dan. "It did a tremendous number of important things in the last 10 years, but you don't see that at a time like this."

At its peak, there were 2,500 workers at the Fisher Body plant. Even when its numbers were reduced to 750, it was winning all kinds of awards for the way it was able to turn on a dime and produce the replacement parts that GM needed.

Now there are a handful of temps - like Dan was 20 years ago - at the plant until it formally closes. Ken says he expects the plant his father helped build to be torn down.

"I grew up thinking it was actually my dad who said, 'What's good for General Motors is good for America,' " said my husband.

"One thing I know: What was good for General Motors was good for the Mihoces family."