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.
在底特律南部庞大的五大湖钢厂(Great Lakes Works)，白班已经结束，但Mr K’s Saloon里只有十来位顾客，他们刚刚参加完一个朋友的葬礼，围坐在几张桌子旁。吧台后面，29岁的阿曼达(Amanda)感叹着生意惨淡。她是这家酒吧的老板，这里一杯啤酒只要1.5美元。以往饥肠辘辘的工人一直来她这吃汉堡，自从这家工厂今年关停了一座高炉并宣布计划裁员200人以来，她店里卖出的汉堡数量比以往少多了。
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