Down and Out Index: Colorado, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Missouri
Posted by spaul on 04/06/2009
Iconic brand names are slashing jobs across America in battleground states.
Walker Manufacturing of Colorado, maker of lawnmowers, is laying off 10 percent of its workforce and will shut its plant down for three weeks.
International Paper will close its box plant in Fairfax, Missouri, putting 100 people out of jobs.
Cannondale, a popular bicycle manufacturer, is shifting 200 Pennsylvania jobs in Bedford to Taiwan.
HON, a well-known office furniture and equipment maker in Muscatine, Iowa, is laying off an undisclosed number of workers. ManufactureThis procured some of its Made in America office furniture from HON in 2007.
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