Tim Orbacki, 57, started at the Chrysler assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan the day it opened nearly 36 years ago.
“I don’t want to be there the day it closes,” Orbacki says, as he attends a rally for the “Keep it Made in America” bus tour.
Orbacki supports his wife and 15-year-old daughter and he’s worried about their future. Will he be able to pay for college? Will his daughter be able to get a job?
Even though his plant has only been open for six weeks this year, Orbacki refuses to give in, saying that he hopes to return to work in June.
“It’s not over till it’s over,” he says. “I’m not giving up . . . We didn’t create this bankruptcy mess, but we’d like to help Chrysler get out of it.”
