the article is worth reading. it really makes you feel for the workers at these plants. they're on the front lines of globalization, unlike workers in certain other sectors, whose jobs are protected by law.
a good deal of US politics is about classes of workers (and entire corporations) trying to either maintain their current barriers against globalization, or trying to build new barriers against globalization.
a good deal of US politics is about classes of workers (and entire corporations) trying to either maintain their current barriers against globalization, or trying to build new barriers against globalization.