Moraine Delphi plant to close; 315 to lose jobs

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Dayton Daily News

By Thomas Gnau

MORAINE — Delphi Corp. has alerted the state that it intends to close its Kettering Boulevard plant in early- to mid-October, displacing about 275 hourly and 40 salaried workers, a letter from Delphi says.

Members of the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communication Workers of America, which represents workers at the plant, have long expected the move.

"They (Delphi) have been telling us we don't have a chance for that site at all," Willie Thorpe, the Moraine-based chairman of the IUE-CWA Automotive Conference board, said in May.

"While the parties are continuing to work towards a consensual resolution concerning this closure and its impact upon our employees, it is Delphi's intent that the Moraine facility will be closed commencing in early- to mid-October 2007," Terry A. Mack, Delphi human resources director, wrote in an Aug. 1 letter to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.



Read more: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/08/17/ddn081707moraineweb.html

[UrbScotty]

1. Michigan Repubs would have you believe we're in a 'single-state recession'

...and that the rest of the country, Ohio included, is doing just fine.

Obviously not.

[sarcasmo]

12. Ironic you should say that.

My repuke brother-in-law said the same thing last night, LOL. He is the typical Fox Infotainment/ Rush listener. He says that Michigan is the only State with the bad economy, must be a Rush talking point. I had to stomach an hour of Fox Infotainment while playing cards and surprise, surprise, not one mention of the Iraq fiasco.

[OhioChick]

13. I Feel For You.....

You deserve to treat yourself out after that evening. :)

[sarcasmo]

14. A few beers makes it tolerable, LOL.

[OhioChick]

2. Ohio

is being hit so damn hard.

[Divine Discontent]

4. Yes, OhioChick, I am thankful EVERY day

that a close family relative's manufacturing job that sustains his family through his manual labor is STILL there in Ohio...

B*sh you son of a bitch - your policies along with the mistakes of NAFTA from the previous Congress & Administration, and the corporate greed to please investors has done this to our country!

[OhioChick]

6. I Wish Your Family Member Luck themartyred,

as jobs here just keep vanishing. Not much left.

[Divine Discontent]

8. depressing. thank you for hoping they keep their job. n/t

[jdadd]

7. I'll wish your family member good luck also....

My Ohio automotive component supplier Job Vanished in April 2006...

[Divine Discontent]

9. yikes...

sorry you lost that good job. :(
you should like this - www.cafepress.com/bushsoldamerica

[jdadd]

10. Thanks....

I think I'll order the bumper sticker...:hi:

[OhioChick]

11. Thanks....

I like the "US company sent my job overseas" t-shirt. Sad but true.....

[sailor65]

3. The rest of the story

What this doesn't mention, and what we've known here in the Detroit Market for a while, is that the work is likely headed to Mexico.

[OhioChick]

5. Or.....

Overseas.