Jobs in an Evolving Economy: Layoffs Could Compromise Carolina.... Greg Barrett.
by Barrett, Greg; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 301Business. Publisher: Gannett News Service, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Insurance -- Unemployment | Job vacancies | Layoffs | Manufacturing industries | North Carolina | Unskilled laborDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Of more than 3 million jobs lost in the past three years, about 2.8 million were in manufacturing. Roughly 83 percent of all garments sold in the United States today are made offshore, as are 80 percent of the toys, 90 percent of the sporting goods and 95 percent of the shoes. The closing of Pillowtex, better known in the Carolinas as Fieldcrest Cannon, cost 7,650 people their jobs nationwide. It was one of the largest single-day layoffs in U.S. textile history. A dozen towns in Cabarrus and Rowan counties in North Carolina absorbed about half the job losses, with Kannapolis taking the biggest hit." (GANNETT NEWS SERVICE) This article reveals the devastation that the rural town of Kannapolis, North Carolina, experiences when their main manufacturing plant closes.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Jobs in an Evolving Economy: Layoffs Could Compromise Carolina..., Dec. 3, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Of more than 3 million jobs lost in the past three years, about 2.8 million were in manufacturing. Roughly 83 percent of all garments sold in the United States today are made offshore, as are 80 percent of the toys, 90 percent of the sporting goods and 95 percent of the shoes. The closing of Pillowtex, better known in the Carolinas as Fieldcrest Cannon, cost 7,650 people their jobs nationwide. It was one of the largest single-day layoffs in U.S. textile history. A dozen towns in Cabarrus and Rowan counties in North Carolina absorbed about half the job losses, with Kannapolis taking the biggest hit." (GANNETT NEWS SERVICE) This article reveals the devastation that the rural town of Kannapolis, North Carolina, experiences when their main manufacturing plant closes.
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