Help save Michigan jobs -- sign up now!

By Kevin Hrit, Congressional Liaison
Representative Gary C. Peters, MI-09
June 15, 2009

In the last 12 hours alone, more than 1100 people have signed up online to say to GM: Make it in Michigan!

As I'm sure you know far too well, the last several months have been extremely rough on the domestic auto industry. As a part of its restructuring, GM is going to be permanently closing several plants in Michigan, and indefinitely idling many more.

We have a silver lining, though. GM is deciding between three plants as the site where it will retool and start producing a new compact car. There's one plant in Tennessee, another in Wisconsin -- and one is right here in Orion Twp, Michigan.

If GM chooses the Orion plant, it will save thousands of jobs for workers in Orion, Pontiac, and all of the surrounding areas. They have basically set this up as a competition between the three locations -- with a final decision being announced by the end of June.

With little time to waste, we've gotten busy and launched a grassroots campaign saying to GM: Make it in Michigan! This is about saving Michigan jobs and helping to preserve the way of life that we've known here for decades.

I need you now to show your support and spread the word that we must support our friends and family working in the auto industry and send a message to GM that they should bring this new production home. Can you help show your support and spread the word?

Here are some easy steps --

1. Visit the website: http://www.MakeitinMichigan.org and add your name to our growing list of supporters!

2. Put the website in your Gchat, tweet about it, and email all your contacts who are still here in MI!

3. Join the facebook group GM: Make it in Michigan: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84256829435 and invite your friends!

4. I know some of you are bloggers, or contribute to other people's blogs. Post about this grassroots campaign!

Please send me your thoughts and suggestions -- time is short and we need to show the rest of the country, and the world, that our community is united!

Kevin Hrit, Congressional Liaison
Representative Gary C. Peters, MI-09
Office: 248-273-4227
Mobile: 248-996-0242
Fax: 248-273-4704