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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1988
Page
9
Elyria’s largest employer Fisher Guide shut its conveyor belts and stamping machines ending production on July 1. The Chronicle-Telegram follows three workers and their families over a year to document the impact on their lives and futures.
In Lorain Karen Bradley an apprentice electrician facing shutdown at Fisher Guide after July 1 plans to transfer to another GM plant. She moved into a fixer upper post divorce and now raises two children while reflecting on corporate layoffs and security fading.
Elyria resident John Stefek recalls years of layoffs at Fisher Guide since his August 1977 hire. With production ended, he works in construction and at York Corp, while his wife Linda trains as a renal technician. He notes 24 families were left out in the cold, and a planned transfer to a New York GM plant never materialized due to cost of living.
Dave Johnson, a 21 year Fisher Guide veteran and head paint mixer, must move to Flint or another GM plant to pursue early retirement under contract rules. His family, ties to Elyria, and his son in special education shape plans as he awaits late summer transfer and sale of his home.
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