Taylor Togs to close; 125 workers to lose jobs" (North Carolina)

[JPace]

(the real headlines read "Another plant closing rocks WNC
but the online one reads differently. We are bleeding jobs
weekly and everyone is scared at what is happening in our
sparsely populated Western North Carolina Mountains)We also
lead the nation in residents losing unemployment benefits.
We have lost over 4,500 good wage jobs in a year with 21
plants closing or moving overseas.
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http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/news/49400
Taylor Togs to close; 125 workers to lose jobs
By Mark Barrett, Staff WriterFeb. 4, 2004 10:18 p.m.

BAKERSVILLE - Elaine Miller sewed almost 4,000 buttonholes in Levi's blue jeans Wednesday at the Taylor Togs sewing factory here - and found out she's losing her job of 22 years.

Company officials told the plant's 125 workers Wednesday the facility will close as early as next week, Miller said.

Local government officials said they were told Taylor Togs is closing because the plant has lost work from Levi Strauss Co.,which has been rapidly moving its production overseas in recent years.

"I make good money, and I have no idea what I'm going to do right now," said Miller, who started working at Taylor Togs at age 17.

Miller joins more than 1,100 other Western North Carolina manufacturing workers who have learned just since Jan. 1 that they will lose their jobs.

"Western North Carolina has really taken just an awesome hit here with the loss of jobs in the last couple of weeks," said Van Phillips, Mitchell County's economic development director. "It's unbelievable."

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[JeebusH]

1. horrible what's happening there ...

you think these people miss the Clinton years???

[MattNC]

2. it's terrible

I live in Western NC and things are pretty glum these days. That being said, this area (w/probably the exception of Asheville) will vote mostly Republican.

[BR_Parkway]

4. Sadly enough, you are right

The locals still think Dubya is God's own appointed man here too. I hope the churches will be able to keep them all fed.

[mbperrin]

3. Wow! Look at that *Bush job machine go!

There they go!