Closing Day

This blog was created to get the word out about a documentary I'm making about the Greenville, Michigan Electrolux factory. For the last month a colleague and I have been researching and visiting Greenville in hopes to get a feel for the area and the situation they're in. That situation is that on March 3rd (today) Greenville's Electrolux factory closed its doors for the first time in over 100 years. This factory employed 1/4th of the people of Greenville and although Electrolux is doing very well as a company they've uprooted out of Greenville in order to pay workers in Juarez, Mexico $1.25 an hour to do the same jobs these Greenville residents have done faithfully for over 100 years. It appears that corporate greed has gotten the best of this company and it has forgotten its most loyal customers, its workers. My primary need right now is to get in contact with few Electrolux factory workers who are willing to tell their story. I'm from Grand Haven (over an hour away) and don't have any contacts in Greenville, so I'm looking for some people to interview and talk with. This is obviously a painful time in the former Electrolux workers lives and anyone willing to speak with me has my utmost respect. So, if you or anyone you know of worked for Electrolux and would be willing to talk with me I promise to get the truth out about the individuals this closing is affecting. Thank you for your time in reading this and getting the word out. Feel free to give me a call with any information or if you or someone you know would be willing to talk with me at:
616-402-7251
or e-mail me at:
kevin.stinehart@gmail.com
Thanks again for helping me tell these individuals' story.
Sincerely,
-Kevin