Manufacturing

A decade later, Janesville confronts life after GM

The Janesville Assembly Plant was GM's oldest plant when it closed in 2008 and employed 7,000 people in its heyday. (JOSH MARX)
December 24, 2018 05:00 AM

JANESVILLE, Wis. - For years, this city refused to give up on the General Motors plant that had boosted the fortunes of blue-collar southern Wisconsin for generations and then closed, clinging to a sliver of hope that its shutdown during the Great Recession was only a temporary setback.

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