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By Doug Cunningham

Because UAW members wouldn’t re-open their contracts and give the company as much as $60 million a year, Continental AG is closing its Huntsville, Alabama automotive components plant. The plant will close by the end of 2010. So far the UAW isn’t commenting publicly about the plant closing. More than 1200 workers will lose their jobs. Continental is shipping the work to Mexico, where desperate workers are more easily exploited for the lowest wages and benefits.