Wisconsin

riversedge

(70,321 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:31 AM Dec 2015

Manitowoc Cranes to close Port Washington Wisconsin plant;

oh no. more good jobs lost.

Spud Lovr ?@SpudLovr 3m3 minutes ago

Manitowoc Cranes to close Port Washington plant;
80 employees will face layoffs http://www.biztimes.com/2015/12/21/manitowoc-cranes-to-close-port-washington-plant/ … via @BizTimesMedia #wiunion #wiright

......The company’s plans to close the Port Washington plant, are the latest in a growing list of plant closing announcements in the state. The Oscar Mayer plant in Madison will close, eliminating 1,000 jobs. A Tyson Foods plant in Jefferson will close, putting 400 people out of work. GE will shut down manufacturing operations in Waukesha, eliminating 350 jobs. Joy Global will close one of its Milwaukee plants, cutting 51 jobs. All of those plant closures were announced this year.

In addition, the ISM manufacturing index for the Milwaukee area has been in negative territory for eight months in a row.

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Manitowoc Cranes to close Port Washington Wisconsin plant; (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2015 OP

Or as Squat Wanker says, "It's working!" Scuba Dec 2015 #1

Walker and the Repukelicans are killing our state! Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #2

Open for business! Brickbat Dec 2015 #3

Quit complaining you losers. Still In Wisconsin Dec 2015 #4

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Or as Squat Wanker says, "It's working!"

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Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:38 AM

Dec 2015

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)

2. Walker and the Repukelicans are killing our state!

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Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:52 AM

Dec 2015

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

3. Open for business!

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Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:05 AM

Dec 2015

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)

4. Quit complaining you losers.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 09:50 PM

Dec 2015

At least Walker has brought us secret government, decimated unions, gutted education and environmental stewardship, and injected lots more dark money into political campaigns. What's a few lost jobs when you're getting all of THAT?

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