Hugo Boss selling suit factory to W Diamond pleases both companies, union (photos)

Source: Cleveland.com

By Olivera Perkins

BROOKLYN, Ohio - It takes a lot to please just about everyone.

But it appears that all the parties involved in the deal to sell the Hugo Boss plant on Tiedeman Road to W Diamond Group Corp., which manufactures Hart Schaffner Marx suits in Chicago, are pleased with the pending transaction.

At Friday's news conference at the factory, where the sale, which should be completed within a month, was officially announced, contentment was the theme. The seller was pleased. The buyer was delighted. Members of the Workers United union who attended the event were ecstatic that they would keep their jobs.

Hugo Boss previously had said the plant would shut down in April if a buyer could not be found. About 160 workers at the factory belong to the union and another dozen or so are non-union employees.

FULL story and more photos at link.



Workers United union workers, Sheila McVay (left) and Gail Miller, rejoice after the press conference at Hugo Boss in Brooklyn announcing plant has been sold to company that will keep the business open, retaining 160 jobs on Friday, March 20, 2015. (Lonnie Timmons III / The Plain Dealer)


Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/03/hugo_boss_selling_suit_factory.html

---

Obama's 2008 nomination suit was union made by Hart Schaffner Marx! I don't remember about his 2012 suit off the top of my head.