Despite Trump Promises, Another Black Monday for the Mahoning Valley

Hope can bring in the votes, but no rhetoric can replace lost jobs, especially specifically promised jobs.

Andrew Donaldson
8 min readNov 27, 2018

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The Mahoning Valley really, really hates Mondays.

41 years after nearby Youngstown’s “Black Monday” meant 5,000 lost jobs immediately and tens of thousands more to follow, on this Monday the ax may finally be coming to GM’s Lordstown, OH facility.

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Andrew Donaldson

Writer. Mountaineer diaspora. Veteran. Managing Editor @ordinarytimemag on culture & politics, food writing @yonderandhome, Host @heardtellshow & other media