Community Response in Janesville Focuses on Keeping Manufacturing Plant Open
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that UAW Local 95 President Brad Dutcher and
community leader and School Board member Tim Cullen will jointly lead a community effort to respond
to General Motor’s announcement that it plans to close its manufacturing plant in Janesville. The effort
will help coordinate federal, state and local resources with other stakeholders to maintain GM’s
presence in Janesville.
“Both Brad Dutcher and Tim Cullen are longtime champions for the Janesville area and its workers, and
I want to express my gratitude to all those who are confronting this challenge,” Governor Doyle said.
“We are fighting for good jobs and the health of this community.”
“We are committed to leaving no stone unturned,” said Dutcher. “We will exhaust every available avenue
in an attempt to secure a future for our community”
“This challenge deserves nothing less than our best effort,” Cullen said. “I am committed to working with
our partners to put our best foot forward as we take on this massive job.”
Dutcher, a life-long resident of Milton, has worked at the General Motors manufacturing plant in
Janesville for 23 years. He has been elected to five three-year terms as an officer of United Auto
Workers Local 95, most recently as its president.
Cullen is a Janesville school board member and the former state Senate majority leader and the former
secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. He retired recently after a nearly
40-year career split between the public and private sector. His private sector career was with Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Wisconsin and its successor companies.
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