Layoffs are always bad. Layoffs in the middle of the holidays? Far worse. And unfortunately, after a string of factory closures brought on by the trade war…over 100 hardworking North Carolinians are about to get their pink slips just after Thanksgiving. Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) will permanently close its full-line plant in Salisbury, Rowan County, affecting about 108 employees. The shutdown is [...]
Texas abruptly loses 273 jobs as another plant shuts down
As if Texas needed any more bad news. Fresh off losing a series of factories and hundreds of jobs across the state as the manufacturing sector suffers the effects of the trade war… And with retail spending in Texas cratering, yielding pretty scary potential outcomes for the rest the country… Well, Texans could have really used a break and some good news for once. Instead - another plant closing. More [...]
Hormel shuts down bacon production and cuts 135 jobs at local plant
The meatpacking industry has been going through a rough downsizing this year, and unfortunately it looks like the pain is set to continue. As if losing several factories and thousands of jobs nationwide wasn’t enough… Now the hits are coming to another company and plant - Hormel is cutting bacon production at its factory in Tucker, Georgia, and laying off 135 workers. The layoffs begin October 26 and should be [...]
Illinois abruptly loses 2 more factories with 590 layoffs verified
The hits just keep coming for Illinois as the state’s economic crisis steadily deepens. Fresh off a string of painful factory losses that have rocked the state economy… Illinois recently lost two more factories - and 590 jobs. More specifically, Ardagh Glass Packaging permanently shut down its Dolton, Illinois plant (near Chicago’s Indiana border), at the cost of 316 good manufacturing jobs. And soon after, [...]
Ohio braces for another plant shutdown before Christmas
More bad news in Ohio - and just in time for the holidays, too. As if the recent losses of far too many factories across Ohio weren’t already bad enough… Ohio is facing yet another hit to its food industry as another facility prepares to close, leaving dozens of workers without jobs and raising new concerns about the state’s employment outlook. Sirna & Sons Produce has announced plans to shutter its Norwalk [...]
General Mills abruptly gives up, announces 3 factory closures in a single day
General Mills recently announced it will close three manufacturing plants in Missouri: a pizza-crust facility in St. Charles plus two pet-food operations in Joplin. The move is part of a sweeping supply-chain restructuring push by the company. It comes as rising input costs, shifting global trade policies, and tighter margins weigh on food producers everywhere. (Several big names are cutting jobs across the [...]
