From $22 an hour to $11: GM job cuts show the hot U.S. economy is still leaving parts of the country behind
The automaker is shutting down production at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant — home of the Chevy Cruze — affecting 5,400 people. The common prescriptions for laid-off workers, to retrain and switch careers or to move to another city with more jobs, are proving inadequate here.
Story by Heather Long | Photos by Michael S. Williamson
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