As the daytime shift ends at the sprawling Great Lakes Works steel plant south of Detroit, there are only a dozen or so customers at Mr K’s Saloon, huddled around a few tables after a friend’s funeral. Behind the counter, Amanda, the 29-year-old owner of the bar, where a beer costs just $1.50, bemoans the poor state of business. The number of burgers she’s been serving to hungry workers has plummeted since the factory idled one of its blast furnaces and announced plans for 200 lay-offs this year.
在底特律南部龐大的五大湖鋼廠(Great Lakes Works)，白班已經結束，但Mr K’s Saloon裏只有十來位顧客，他們剛剛參加完一個朋友的葬禮，圍坐在幾張桌子旁。吧檯後面，29歲的阿曼達(Amanda)感嘆著生意慘淡。她是這家酒吧的老闆，這裏一杯啤酒只要1.5美元。以往飢腸轆轆的工人一直來她這喫漢堡，自從這家工廠今年關停了一座高爐並宣佈計劃裁員200人以來，她店裏賣出的漢堡數量比以往少多了。
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