Blue-Collar Saboteurs
September, 1972
Blue-Collar SaboteursOne mile or so west of exit 15 on the Ohio Turnpike sits the General Motors plant at Lordstown, off the road about 400 yards with no connecting access and in startling contrast to the weathered old farmhouse, the barn topped by antique lightning rods and the idly grazing horses across the way. The plant is huge, occupying some 1000 acres, and painted a dull and faded color between orange and rust. The parking lot is full of recent-model automobiles and motorcycles with a few...