Another reason we do not need more guest & Visa workers!
GM will close Massena plant by by of 2008.
Northrop to Shut Circuit Board Unit, Fire 265 Workers (Update1).
Workers at Ford's Wixom plant punching out for the last time
Detroit News.
Badcock Closing Mattress Factory
The Ledger.
Best Textiles to close Mississippi tablecloth plant
FOX 10 WALA.
Manufacturing jobs erode in Midcoast
Bar Harbor Times
• Comment: "The pending closure of the former Knox Semiconductor plant in Camden continues the trend of manufacturing jobs leaving the region and being replaced by lower-paying service jobs.
Ameriwood cutting 170 jobs
Dowagiac Daily News.
Chipmakers cut costs by shipping work overseas
Idaho Statesman
• Comment: "The company employs about 23,500 people around the world, including 11,000 in Boise. Micron CEO Steve Appleton told Business Week last month that Micron would be "just fine" if it never invested another dollar or hired another employee in the United States. His comment was for a story about increasing U.S. corporate investment abroad."
House Kills Buy America For Homeland Security Procurement
Textile World• Comment: "The bill as passed by the House does require domestic production of uniforms, protective gear badges and identification cards, but Hayes said that language is merely a "good first step" as it only requires uniforms to be sewn in the United States but the fabric and yarn can come from anywhere in the world."
Liberty Textiles to close Eden plant, affect 155 jobs
FOX Carolina.
Northrop Grumman Corp., the plant's parent company in Los Angeles, announced Wednesday that it will shut down the underperforming facility by the end of July, letting go of 265 employees.
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