The news arrived in Amana quietly, through a memo, a conversation in the hallway, or an incomplete sentence at the end of a shift, as these things frequently do in small Iowa towns. The Whirlpool plant’s employees were informed last week that the lines would be silent from May 18 to May 22, with the Memorial Day closure added after the weekend. Six days of silence in a structure that has been humming virtually nonstop for decades. It’s difficult…
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