Auto Workers Rally in Bowling Green KY

Auto workers hold rally as industry troubles continue

BOWLING GREEN, KY May 14, 2009; The AP reported that hundreds of western Kentucky auto workers attended a rally to fight for their jobs.

The rally Wednesday at the United Auto Workers hall was sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a group that is traveling around the country educating people about the U.S. auto industry's problems.

The Daily News in Bowling Green reports that local and national auto leaders spoke to workers, urging them to contact elected officials in an effort to keep automotive jobs in the United States.

The General Motors Corp. plant in Bowling Green makes the Corvette and the Cadillac SLR.