Stellantis Unveils Record-Breaking $13 Billion Investment in Goiana

In a momentous meeting at the Stellantis Automotive Pole in Goiana, Pernambuco, Emanuele Cappellano, President of Stellantis for South America, welcomed Governor Raquel Lyra to announce a colossal investment of R$ 13 billion (approximately $2.53 billion) from 2025 to 2030. This substantial contribution underscores Stellantis’ unwavering commitment to the state and highlights the strategic significance of the Goiana Automotive Pole for regional and national development. Reflecting on the nine-year journey since the establishment of operations in April 2015, Cappellano emphasized Stellantis’ desire to leave a lasting impact on Pernambuco’s development trajectory. He remarked, “Since we started operations at the Stellantis … (read full article...)

 

[bill burke]

The corks have been popped, the champagne drunk and the celebration quieted for the UAW’s short lived labor deal illusion and now the dust is settling. In a version of urban middle class flight to the suburbs, engineering jobs are being migrated in large numbers to other countries with attractive labor conditions and practices for manufacturers. Behind the scenes are left leaning politicians manipulating the average working guys. Workers are being separated by the hundreds and thousands from their jobs. Where is the aspirin? Labor unions are necessary and needed, entrusted with an almost divine responsibility to serve and protect workers. But unrealistic goals and oppressive labor methods to attain the unrealistic on paper has consequences for those with ambitions and visions of power that visits these consequences on those they are tasked to represent.
Had the goals been realistic and labor leaders and political cronies sincere and measured then perhaps these jobs would have remained in the North American sphere. No knock on Brazil and their amazing accomplishments, the investment has merit, but one can not wonder if the champagne might have been the last of the good times for American workers.
Few are surprised at the sad consequences.