Gregory Miller, director of Special Collections and University Archives at Kettering University, delivers a talk entitled, "The industrial disease : from Lordstown Syndrome to Lordstown shutdown." Miller talks about the expansion of General Motors (GM) into Lordstown, Ohio in the 1950's, the plant shutdown in 2018 and the role the United Automobile Workers (UAW) played in pushing back against GM's efforts to cut costs. Miller also criticizes the unilateral attempts by GM to change work practices, suggesting that this, along with changing societal perceptions of factory work, led to the closure of the GM Lordstown and the collapse of industrial capitalism in the U.S. He answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by John P. Beck professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University.
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