This Aug. 26, 2009 photo shows UAW Local 364 members hearing about health care options from Insurance Agent Ray Plagens, left, in Elkhart, Ind. at a gathering to mark the end of a 40-month fight over who owns the craftsmanship at the Vincent Bach factory. Over the last year, the city of 52,000 along the St. Joseph River gained notoriety even the most desperate chamber official would never have dreamed up: It became a poster child for the recession. Millions across the country lost jobs, but Elkhart was slammed by the nation's largest jump in unemployment.
