As Trump Promises 'Big League' Manufacturing Gains, Mayors Confront Automation

Route Fifty: WASHINGTON — The mayor of Lansing, Michigan, speaking at an event in the nation’s capital last month, recalled a recent visit he made to a factory.

“There’s all these machines. All these robotics,” Mayor Virg Bernero said of the facility, which is operated by a parts supplier for General Motors. The plant is located in the Lansing area and employs city residents. Every so often, Bernero said, the machines would stop and a worker “runs in and he does something.”

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