1.   Cities compete for prime-pick foreign workers as they would for a foreign auto plant.

2.   People all have jobs now, at the steel mill and the auto plant.

3.   They know about the collapse of the steel industry, the massive layoffs at auto plants.

4.   Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday.

5.   Already, some Japanese-owned auto plants in Thailand have had to slow operations because of the financial crisis.

6.   An electrician by training, he had been working in Selma when he got the call from the huge Mercedes-Benz auto assembly plant southwest of Birmingham.

7.   As an engineering graduate in Shanghai, he worked at a soap factory and an auto plant, among other gritty jobs.

8.   As in most other auto plants, women and minorities stand out here as easy targets.

9.   At the minimum, sales of big ticket items such as cars and trucks are expected to taper off this year and cost some jobs at local auto plants.

10.   Auto plants, many of which are in the Midwest, usually close their doors in July to retool for new car models.