A security guard locks a gate at the Ford Transit Assembly Plant in Southampton, England, after workers were told the site will close, with the loss of up to 1,500 jobs, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Ford, which expects to lose more than $1 billion a year in Europe, has been pursuing plant closures and layoffs. (AP Photo/Chris Ison/PA)
A Ford worker reacts after the European Ford management announced it would close the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium on Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012. A union leader says Ford has decided to close its factory in Genk, Belgium, at the end of 2014 in a move that will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Ford workers react after the European Ford management announced it would close the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium on Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012. A union leader says Ford has decided to close its factory in Genk, Belgium, at the end of 2014 in a move that will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
A worker (center) at the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium, smashes a plaque containing the company's mission statement with a shovel while another worker looks on, on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in front of the factory. The European Ford management announced it will close the plant at the end of 2014 — a move that will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (Associated Press)
A worker at the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium, reacts on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, after the European Ford management announced it will close the plant at the end of 2014 — a move that will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (Associated Press)
A worker at the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium, reacts on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, after the European Ford management announced it would close the plant at the end of 2014 — a move that will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012, photo, an auto worker at the Ford Stamping Plant inspects the inner door panel in Chicago Heights, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
** FILE ** In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012, photo, an auto worker at the Ford Stamping Plant inspects the inner door panel in Chicago Heights, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
** FILE ** In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012, photo, an auto worker at the Ford Stamping Plant inspects the inner door panel in Chicago Heights, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
