PHOTOS and FACTS: July report on plants closing, jobs gone, Bush satisfied

[Bluebear]

7/27 The long-rumored idling of the American Axle & Manufacturing plant on Delavan Avenue in Buffalo was confirmed by the company's chief executive today. Chief Executive Richard Dauch confirmed during a conference call that production at the 650-job plant would be phased out. The idling of the plant had been discussed previously with United Auto Worker union leaders, but the company had not confirmed it until today.

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7/14 BOISE: About 875 people have lost their jobs at Micron Technology's main Boise headquarters and plant.

The company offered the most specific estimate of layoffs yet in a formal notice filed with the state Department of Labor this week.

"Micron expects any work-force reductions at this facility to be permanent," the notice states.

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7/11 INDIA STRUGGLES WITH LABOR SHORTAGE. MUMBAI - In a country where double-digit industrial growth rates have become par for the course, employers in as many as 20 sectors ranging from retail to textiles to financial services are facing extreme labor shortages, according to a new study.

It isn’t just a fight for the highly qualified. The study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry found shortages of “skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.”

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7/12 An Upshur County (W. Va.) plastics plant is scheduled to close at the end of the year and its operations are being moved to non-union facilities in other states. The closure of the J.M. Eagle plant will mean the loss of 75 jobs. J.M. Eagle announced in a prepared statement that the decision to cut operations at the Buckhannon plant was difficult but necessary. Workers were informed last week.

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July 23 (Bloomberg) -- WuXi PharmaTech Co., the largest Chinese drug-research contractor, plans to make public a proposed $200 million share sale in the U.S. this week, said two people with knowledge of the deal.

U.S. drug companies may outsource 41 percent of research and development in 2009, worth about $24 billion, according to U.S.- based medical research publisher Kalorama Information.

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7/25 MOROCCO, Ind. (AP) — Auto parts manufacturer Intec intends to close its flagship plant in northwestern Indiana by the end of the year, costing about 160 workers their jobs.

Employees will be laid off in phases, with 160 to 165 people losing their jobs, company president Steve Pearlman said Tuesday. He said the products currently made in Indiana will now be manufactured at Intec's plant in Palatine, Ill., as well as locations in Mexico and China.

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7/11 PHOENIX A Swiss computer-chip maker is closing its Phoenix plant and moving 900 jobs overseas.

Analysts say the move by STMicroelectronics, a successful firm that had worked on the Nintendo Wii game console, could be the first in a round of belt-tightening at Valley semiconductor plants.

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7/14 GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) - International Paper Company has announced that it will close a corrugated box plant in Geneva by the end of September, costing about 80 people their jobs in the Finger Lakes town.

Officials of the Memphis, Tennessee-based paper and packaging company say the closing is a cost-cutting measure.

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7/18 - DULUTH, Ga. - T-shirt maker Delta Apparel Inc. said Wednesday it will close an Alabama plant, cut 110 jobs and take restructuring charges as it moves some manufacturing to Honduras. As a result, Delta slashed its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings outlook.

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7/19- In a recent issue of Parade magazine, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Elaine Chao lectures American workers on how they can stop losing their jobs to foreign workers: “American employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene.”

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A job fair in Detroit, Michigan
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7/24 Forrest City, AR - Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation announced today it will end production at a television factory at Forrest City. The plant employed 550 people before layoffs began earlier this year. The factory laid off more than 300 workers early in 2007, leaving about 250.

Sanyo has a production facility in Tijuana, Mexico, that produces flat panel sets.

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7/24, Knoxville, Tennessee

A Greene County plant that makes automotive stampings is closing in just more than two months, impacting about 160 workers.

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7/18 The Fresno Bee will cut seven of 31 jobs in its advertising design department as it outsources advertising work to India, newspaper reports said Wednesday. The job cuts will begin in September, the AP reported.

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7/27 WASHINGTON, July 27 AP - Bush sees economy heading in the right direction

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush is praising the economy, calling it resilient and flexible in the wake of a new reading on gross domestic product.

After meeting with his economic team today at the White House, the president said he believes 1 of the reasons the world economy remains strong is because the US is strong.


Doing homework in a homeless shelter

[partylessinOhio]

1. Welcome to RepuglicanAmerica.

These aren't rich people jobs so what do they care.

(The DEI merger will put 300 persons at DEI out of their jobs.)

:thumbsdown:

[Bluebear]

2. And so many "red states" in those headlines.

But at least them gays can't marry.

[MUAD_DIB]

9. What makes them keep voting for the republicans?

The Red States have been hurting for some time (like the rest of the country) so what is the story?

Are they still hung up on Clinton's blow job? Dio they understand that they have been lied to since Bush was installed?


Did they not get it that the tax break gimmick hasn't worked for them yet?

[Bluebear]

13. Ignorance, racism, homophobia, tradition, soundbites, twangy accents, faith...

[MUAD_DIB]

14. Um, yea....

Forgot for a moment who we were talking about.

:eyes:

[eridani]

18. Leave out the accents, and I agree

You don't think that actual Texans know that the Bush accent is fake?

[Bluebear]

20. Yes, I do . . .

It's the numbskull GOP voters in, say, Idaho, that were sold on him being a "plain-speakin' cowboy".

[Skittles]

21. not the f***ing Texans I know

most of them think he was born and raised in Texas

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

3. How depressing.

[Double T]

7. Fed_Up_Grammy, welcome to DU.

We ALL need to start fighting the corrupt corporate system.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

8. Thank you ---- I never thought I'd feel the way I do about the USA.

I need a place like DU,and it's user friendly-- (I'm technically challenged).

[Bluebear]

11. Welcome to DU, Grammy!

Glad to have you here.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

12. Thanks,Bluebear.

[SoCalDem]

4. And every job lost, means an inability to make car payments, mortgage payments, rent

college tuition, etc.

We have a domino-economy.. Once those dominoes start to fall, they ALL fall..

People without jobs, don't eat out at local restaurants, or shop much at the malls.. as business drops in THOSE locations, they also start to lay off people, which means that MORE people suddenly cannot pay THEIR bills..

Those people who were LUCKY enough to have had medical coverage with their jobs, now have NO medical coverage, which means that they will fall further behind if someone gets hurt or ill in their families..and that they will seek out MORE local and state aid from agencies already starved for funds..

You can also expect property crimes to increase, because as local societal connections break down,there will always be some young folks who see theft as their only way to try to maintain any income stream..

More crime means a greater outcry for MORE police, which only stretches the local budgets even further..

Our government, by lack of business regulation and job protection, is sowing the seeds of the ghettoization of America..

When people work at satisfying jobs, for FAIR wages, and have the MEANS to care for their families, everything works..When the tipping point is reached, and enough people can no longer do that.. well.. we have pre-anarchy on our hands too..

This won't end well.

[blues90]

10. No it won't end well

This continues on and is not even brought up in these political debates . Alot of companies like Fender musical Instrument Co has sent many jobs to Mexico and no one said a thing .

Bush should be placed in one of these so called new jobs he goes on about and let him see how well things go .

[4_TN_TITANS]

22. Economic Domino Theory

Great analogy. Fewer people with money to spend hurts all industries.

[Double T]

5. More Plant Closing. This should be the MOST important election issue.

American Axle to Close Buffalo Plant

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20003419/

Continental Plant, Formerly Motorola Plant to Close, Elma, NY

Continental AG will close its Elma (Erie County) manufacturing plant and ship the work overseas, citing pressure to reduce costs to keep pace with competitors. The shutdown will be completed by the end of 2009, with the first round of the cuts to take effect in mid-2007. The closing of the plant will leave 380 workers without jobs. The Elma manufacturer makes auto electronics, such as sensors and relays for vehicle makers and component manufacturers. The shutdown will also affect an additional 50 to 60 contract employees at the plant who are provided by a staffing agency. Starting in 2008, the remainder of the plant’s sensor operations and service will be shifted to Continental plants in Asia.


wall street and corporate america are destroying the future of our nation.

[SpiralHawk]

6. Intel is laying off about 1,000 near Albuquerquen, NM

Thanks a pantload, corrupt and inept republicon cronies everywhere

[senseandsensibility]

15. k and r

eom

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. Another disgrace he's satisfied with

:argh:

Over 2700 jobs gone.

People are suffering. Of course he's satisfied.

[defendandprotect]

17. Welcome to the GOP "Third World America!" . .. .

After the 1960's revolution and they were forced out of VN .... they concluded that Americans had too much money, too much time on their hands and were too well informed -- !!!

[katamaran]

19. Add the Ford plant in Norfolk VA to the list

Add the Ford plant in Norfolk VA to the list in June. 2500 jobs there, and only a few were transferred to other plants.

[wicket]

23. K & R

Excellent post Bluebear, I'll make some calls.

[dmr]

24. “American employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene.”

Besides being condescendingly ignorant, is this woman crazy or what?

7/19- In a recent issue of Parade magazine, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Elaine Chao lectures American workers on how they can stop losing their jobs to foreign workers: “American employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene.”

People like Bush* and Chao make me sick. Why are they so unpatriotic that they hate Americans?

Edited for grammar

[Joanne98]

25. Remember this when the FAKE unemployment numbers come out tommorrow!

The REAL Unemployment number in the USA is at LEAST 10%! K&R!