Last week we were greeted with news that two Missouri Tyson Food plants were permanently closing.
This week Briggs and Stratton announced layoff at their Popular Bluff facility.
Sounds like the economy is really booming, doesn't it.
"For the second time in as many weeks, a large U.S. company has delivered unwelcome news to production workers in Southeast Missouri.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin-based Briggs & Stratton will layoff 202 plant employees in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, beginning Saturday, Oct. 14.
On Aug. 7, Tyson Foods announced it plans a permanent furlough Friday, Oct. 13, of nearly 700 workers at its poultry production facilities in Dexter, Missouri.
While there is a finality to Tyson's decision to close its Dexter operation, Briggs & Stratton's Poplar Bluff plant manager Mark Melloy told www.manufacturing.net the company hopes the economy will improve and workers can be recalled."
This week Briggs and Stratton announced layoff at their Popular Bluff facility.
Sounds like the economy is really booming, doesn't it.
"For the second time in as many weeks, a large U.S. company has delivered unwelcome news to production workers in Southeast Missouri.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin-based Briggs & Stratton will layoff 202 plant employees in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, beginning Saturday, Oct. 14.
On Aug. 7, Tyson Foods announced it plans a permanent furlough Friday, Oct. 13, of nearly 700 workers at its poultry production facilities in Dexter, Missouri.
While there is a finality to Tyson's decision to close its Dexter operation, Briggs & Stratton's Poplar Bluff plant manager Mark Melloy told www.manufacturing.net the company hopes the economy will improve and workers can be recalled."
Briggs & Stratton layoffs announced
For the second time in as many weeks, a large U.S. company has delivered unwelcome news to production workers in Southeast Missouri. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin-based Briggs & Stratton will layoff 202 plant employees in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, beginning Saturday, Oct. 14...
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