. >> deandre jackson works the first shift. flint father leaves home before the sun comes up, so he can make it to the truck plant by 7:00 a.m. >> you spend more time here with the people here at work than you do at home sometimes. and i met my wife here. i was driving material to her area, and we began to have a conversation, and turn into a movie and a movie turned into a marriage, i guess. so yeah, it is a community here. it is like family. >> the plant depends on its family of 27 union employees to manufacture trucks around the clock. >> the guy down the line from me doesn't do his job, i can't do mine. and if i don't do mine, the next guy can't do his. >> plant employees develop add renewed sense of gratitude for their jobs after watching the shut down so many other plants across the state. the uncertainty about their future forced union workers and management to focus on collaboration, rather than confrontation. they say they put trust in each other. >> we are all engaged. not just general motors but the whole company. we

. >> deandre jackson works the first shift. the flint father leaves home before the sun comes up so he can make it to the truck plant by 7:00 a.m. >> you spend more time here with the people here at work than you do at home sometimes, and you fall in love, i met my wife here. i was driving material to her area and we had conversation and that turned into a movie and a movie turned into a marriage. it's a community here. it's like family. >> the plant depends on its family of nearly 2700 union employees, like jackson, to manufacture trucks around the clock. >> there's a guy down the line from me, if he doesn't do his job, i can't do mine. if i can't do mine, the next guy can't too his. >> plant employees developed a new sense of gratitude for their jobs after watching the shut down of many other plants. their uncertainty about their work made the union and company focus on cooperation. >> we're all engaged, not just general motors and u.a.w. we've got two hands together that are engaged in what we do and given the direction out