Shreveport GM Plant To Remain Open Through June 2011

"It's a step in the right direction. I'm not going to say that it is a saving grace but we are moving in the right way" says B.B. Sanchez who has worked at GM for the past 33 years.

United Auto Workers President Doug Ebey says "I feel good now. I don't feel 100% secured, but I feel good that in the immediate future we will continue to build and come to work and get a paycheck."

It is a paycheck for hundreds in the ArkLaTex who need hope according to Ebey. "We have to keep the workers encouraged, and positive so that they will feel like coming to work, building a good product and it will help them mentally and physically also."

The future threat could be moving production overseas. "That's the really bad side of this, if they take that production back overseas that would be a major blow to not only the local community, but the American community" he says.

But Sanchez says they should not feel threatened.  "It's already happened to us. Our biggest thing is to keep producing the quality vehicle that we build and to show them that we are still a viable plant"

Ebey says they will polish up their skills, work with the new plant manager Michael Dulaney to make things better and increase cost effectiveness to impress the new company.

Tengzhong officials say the headquarters will remain in the U.S. in either in Detroit or Auburn Hills, Michigan. The transaction still has to be approved by the U.S. and Chinese governments.