The Lordstown plant opened in 1966; GM closed it just months before its contract with the UAW expired in 2019.
The former GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
The Ultium plant, just over a third of the size of the closed Lordstown plant, started building batteries last August.
Justin Brown’s father worked at the Lordstown plant for nearly nearly 50 years; Brown, for 10 years.
Some Ultium workers said they took the lower-paying job with the expectation that they would someday make GM-level pay.
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