Down and Out Index: North Dakota, Kentucky, Ohio
Posted by spaul on 04/08/2009
Not even the green economy is immune to layoffs. 100 workers at wind-turbine manufacturer DMI in West Fargo, North Dakota received pink slips this week.
Toothpaste tube maker Betts USA is closing its Florence, Kentucky plant, leaving 114 without jobs.
Mass layoffs in Ohio more than doubled to 41,000 in the last quarter of 2008 based on figures released yesterday. That doesn't include many steel and auto layoffs that have been logged in 2009, or layoffs of under 50 people.
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