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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 02 > For workers, it’s ‘a punch in the stomach’

For workers, it’s ‘a punch in the stomach’

By P.J. Huffstutter and Ellen Lee / The Bulletin
June 2, 2009

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Under skies as dark as his mood, General Motors autoworker Orval Plumlee awoke early Monday and took a deep breath as he turned on the television.

The blue-collared Hoosier, who spent 31 years on the company’s factory floors, thought he had prepared himself....

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