LONGVIEW---GM plants and parts distributors are in thirty states, and a total of 7.1 million jobs depend on GM manufacturing.

Six hundred of these jobs are in Longview at Dana Corporation.

"They are continuing to work, they're continuing to produce frames, but we don't know exactly how long they'll be able to do that" says John Stroud from the Longview Economic Development Corporation.

He explains if workers at Dana Corporation stop working, it means less money in their pockets and Longview's economy.

"This means that it would have an impact of about a million dollars a month in payroll," Stroud explains.

And he fears the workers may not be given much, if any, notice.

John Ray from Lively GMC in Longview says they're not worried about the strike- yet.

"We'll make it, if it's still going six months from now, then I'll start worrying," he says.

But comprehending reasons for the strike is harder for Ray.

"It's pretty difficult for me to understand how somebody makes what they make and they go out on strike," he says.

Especially since GM is already having financial troubles.

"GM has to be able to compete on a global market. We can't just compete in the United States anymore It's a global market. It's a global economy...It's impossible for us to compete at our salary structure versus what they're getting," Ray explains.

And with the business of car manufacturing as fickle as it can be, Ray gets the strikers' ideas, but not reasoning.

"I support them, I understand they're trying to do what's right for their family. But also, on the other hand, I'd rather have a job than not have a job," he says.