When The Machines Rule, You Gotta Know How To Fix The Machines

United Auto Workers line worker Crystal McIntyre unloads parts from a stamping machine at the General Motors Pontiac Metal Center in Pontiac, Mich., Thursday, April 30, 2015. The automaker plans to spend $5.4 billion to improve its U.S. factories during the next three years, creating about 650 new jobs.
United Auto Workers line worker Crystal McIntyre unloads parts from a stamping machine at the General Motors Pontiac Metal Center in Pontiac, Mich., Thursday, April 30, 2015. Carlos Osorio/AP
United Auto Workers line worker Crystal McIntyre unloads parts from a stamping machine at the General Motors Pontiac Metal Center in Pontiac, Mich., Thursday, April 30, 2015. The automaker plans to spend $5.4 billion to improve its U.S. factories during the next three years, creating about 650 new jobs.
United Auto Workers line worker Crystal McIntyre unloads parts from a stamping machine at the General Motors Pontiac Metal Center in Pontiac, Mich., Thursday, April 30, 2015. Carlos Osorio/AP

When The Machines Rule, You Gotta Know How To Fix The Machines

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Morning Shift talks to Antigone Sharris, Instructor for Triton College’s Engineering Technology Department about the school’s efforts to train students for specialty jobs and problem-solving while working with machines.