In the months since Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing announced that it is closing its plant in Normal, GLT News has been checking in with three longtime employees to see how they, their families and fellow workers are coping. On Tuesday, production line worker Mick Hannah will assemble the final Mitsubishi Outlander sport vehicles at the plant. With the reality of the closing setting in, the 56-year-old worker is still struggling with whether to seek an associate's degree, enroll in a technical training program, or hit the pavement looking for work.
Though car production ends tomorrow, workers will report to the plant until November 30 to clean, dispose of equipment, recycle what they can and pack up tools to send to a Mitsubishi plant in Japan that makes the same model car.