Blue-collar Americans say trade is killing them

Blue-collar Americans say trade is killing them

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Maurice King worked for Joerns Healthcare, a medical-furniture manufacturer, for nearly 43 years. Until suddenly one day, he didn’t. Joerns closed its plant in Stevens Point, Wis., in 2012 after years of gradually outsourcing work to China. It let go 175 workers. Now the 62-year-old former local steelworkers union president works a…