99 pp of plant closings

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Indiana/Thomson
MARION, Ind.—Thomson has announced it is closing its television picture tube plant in Marion, cutting 990 jobs. The company says they are closing the plant because consumers have been switching to different televisions that don’t use the type of tubes Thomson produces.
Source: Compiled from news sources, March 17, 2004 8341

BellSouth
BellSouth has announced plans to eliminate 778 jobs in nine states during its second quarter. The cuts will be mostly technical positions, including residential and central office repairmen, dispatch assistants and collections representatives. BellSouth says the cuts are necessary to reduce overall operating costs and compete effectively.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 16, 2004 8340


Texas/Centerpulse
AUSTIN, Texas—Zimmer Holdings Inc., the new parent company of Centerpulse Orthopedics Inc., is closing its Austin manufacturing plant. About 550 employees will lose their jobs when the hip and knee plant production is transferred to Zimmer’s plants in Indiana, Switzerland and Puerto Rico. Zimmer chose to close the Austin plant to streamline manufacturing costs.
Source: Austin Business Journal, Feb. 25, 2004 8272


Florida/Perdue Farms
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla.—Perdue Farms Inc. hopes to save money by closing a chicken processing plant in Defuniak Springs. The company wants to shift production to Georgia where its operations are more efficient. The closure will mean a loss of 392 jobs for the area.
Source: Compiled from news sources, Feb. 21, 2004 8271


Tennessee/Vought Aircraft Industries
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Vought Aircraft Industries is planning to close it Nashville facility, dismissing 1,000 workers. The aerospace company has been consolidating operations to Dallas, where its headquarters is located.
Source: Nashville Business Journal, Feb. 24, 2004 8270

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1. I had a question last week on my BellSouth bill....

...and I was patched through to a service rep in the Philippines. I was on hold for over 35 minutes. Nice lady, said she makes $0.35 per hour and supports a family of four. Way to go BellSouth, your shareholders must be jumping for joy.:bounce:

Doesn't BellSouth and these other companies have unions who fight for the rights of their employees and who can also organize overseas? :freak:

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2. As for the picture tube industry....

...that segment of the market was lost to overseas manufactures over a decade ago. The glass that was being manufactured in Ohio was only the outside cover to be used on CRT high voltage tubes. The new technology in TVs utilizes either flat plastics for rear projection TVs, or special polymer face plates for plasma screens and these new LDC (?) face screens. That industry got away from us unfortunately a while back. Anyone care to estimate the profits that are made from these 42" to 60" plasma HDTVs that sell for anywhere from $8,000 to $20,000 or more? If this is the way that American technology is going to operate in the future, then I guess we need to control the whole world after-all. No borders, no tariffs, all one big tax base, just one big United States of the World.
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