Autoworkers Compete to Keep Jobs, Livelihoods on New Reality Show

On Auto Warriors two Ford plants will battle it out, building to the LIVE season finale event: one plant will close, 3,000 will get the axe!

00:00:00.000,00:00:03.000 Captions by www.SubPLY.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:00:08.050,00:00:10.220 It's time to talk about my favorite show. - Oh yours, and about 00:00:10.450,00:00:13.420 12 million other people's, Tracy. In case you've been living in a cage, 00:00:13.650,00:00:17.250 the Onion Broadcast Chanel's breakout reality show hit, "Auto Warriors", 00:00:17.450,00:00:20.220 Pits two Ford manufacturing plants against one another 00:00:20.460,00:00:23.300 to find out who can build the most cars in the least amount of time. 00:00:23.590,00:00:26.460 Now the losing plant gets shut down while workers at the winning plant 00:00:26.700,00:00:29.370 not only keep their jobs, but their pension, and their health benefits. 00:00:29.470,00:00:30.870 It's high stakes fun. - It sure is. 00:00:31.220,00:00:35.250 Now Auto Warriors is airing a special two hour presentation this Thursday night, 00:00:35.610,00:00:37.450 and we have a sneak preview for you right now. 00:00:44.080,00:00:46.420 Diller, Michigan plant. 00:00:47.460,00:00:49.930 Fredricksburg, Indiana plant. 00:00:51.460,00:00:55.530 Your task today is to build 1,000 Ford Focuses, 00:00:55.760,00:00:57.730 in 24 hours, 00:01:03.370,00:01:05.240 without electricity. 00:01:07.870,00:01:11.490 As always, the leader of the losing team will need to choose 00:01:11.720,00:01:15.760 one department to send to the pink slip circle for downsizing. 00:01:18.090,00:01:20.360 And now, get back to the factories, 00:01:20.960,00:01:22.860 and let the sparks fly. 00:01:24.400,00:01:25.770 Good luck! 00:01:28.640,00:01:30.240 And joining us here live in the studio this morning, 00:01:30.440,00:01:32.580 the head of the Diller Factory team, Dennis Hubert, 00:01:32.840,00:01:36.410 alongside the Vice President of Ford, and the head judge on the show, Daniel Grossman. 00:01:36.610,00:01:39.180 Thanks guys for being with us this morning. - Thank you for being with us. 00:01:39.420,00:01:41.820 Thanks for having us. - Now Mr. Grossman, how did you guys at Ford 00:01:42.050,00:01:43.990 come up with the idea for this fabulous show? 00:01:44.490,00:01:46.690 Well, we knew we were going to have to close one of the two plants, 00:01:46.890,00:01:49.630 so we thought, why not let the two factories battle it out, tooth and nail, 00:01:49.860,00:01:53.370 to see which one really makes the best America's mid-priced sedan. 00:01:53.530,00:01:54.500 It is quite a show. - I mean, these guys are pulling 00:01:54.730,00:01:58.000 three, four, five shifts at a time to meet these extreme production quotas, 00:01:58.200,00:02:01.390 and it's winner takes all. - It's just fabulous watching all those 00:02:01.500,00:02:03.750 men and women fighting for their livelihoods. 00:02:03.980,00:02:06.280 I mean, the challenges on the show are pretty wild. - Yeah. 00:02:06.550,00:02:09.050 Trying to produce more cars than the factory's equipped to handle, 00:02:09.250,00:02:12.030 working without outdated equipment. - Well, that's all a normal part 00:02:12.130,00:02:15.360 of working in the plant. Really, the only change is that there's cameras everywhere. 00:02:15.620,00:02:18.360 So now the bosses make us follow the OSHA rules. 00:02:18.600,00:02:21.140 Well, let's take a look at another clip from this week's episode. - OK. 00:02:21.430,00:02:26.440 Gentlemen, you still have 12 hours to complete the challenge. 00:02:26.770,00:02:30.640 But get ready for another wrench in the works. 00:02:32.640,00:02:35.480 You both must fire half of your workers 00:02:35.870,00:02:39.350 and complete the challenge with non-union labor. 00:02:51.000,00:02:53.470 I'm on the edge of my seat already. - I just love it. 00:02:53.840,00:02:55.330 Now, you guys gotta tell me. What happens to the people 00:02:55.570,00:02:58.370 once they're cut from the show? - Oh, like Jose in the first episode. 00:02:58.480,00:02:59.520 Right. - Remember? 00:02:59.880,00:03:02.010 Have you talked to hims since he got fired? I just love that little guy. 00:03:02.250,00:03:03.950 Well yeah, his family lives three houses down. 00:03:04.050,00:03:06.190 He actually came over and asked to borrow some money. 00:03:06.420,00:03:08.820 Well OK now, that's all we can say. We don't want to give anything away. 00:03:09.050,00:03:12.150 If you want to find out about Jose and the medical bills from his mangled hand, 00:03:12.420,00:03:14.520 you're just going to have to keep watching. - Alright, fair enough. 00:03:14.760,00:03:18.330 Dennis Hubert, Daniel Grossman, thank you so much for joining us today. 00:03:18.560,00:03:19.970 Thank you for having us. - Thank you. 00:03:20.070,00:03:21.530 Coming up after the break we're going to show you how you can avoid injury 00:03:21.770,00:03:24.210 while glass is shattering all around you. Stay tuned. 00:03:25.040,00:03:30.610 Still Ahead This Hour... HOW TO GET MORE DONE WHILE YOU SLEEP