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1,700 More GM Employees Face Job Loss As Ohio Plant Production Grinds To Halt

A sign is displayed at General Motors Lordstown West plant Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, in Lordstown, Ohio. (Tony Dejak/AP)

With Meghna Chakrabarti

The last car rolls off the assembly line at the GM plant in Ohio. And with it 1,700 jobs. We hear the message from there and beyond, where the economy isn’t booming.

Guests

Glenn Stevens, special projects director and reporter for WFMJ television. (@21WFMJ)

Heather Long, economics correspondent for the Washington Post. (@byHeatherLong)

Crystal Keaton, business manager for Ohio’s Workforce Development Board Area 1. Manager of the Lordstown Transition Center.

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