butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: Siemens to Cut 720 Jobs, Moving to Mexico |
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Bellefontaine, Urbana plants to close; company to outsource
Lisa Plikerd tells her mom that she will lose her job at Siemens Energy & Automation plant.
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio — When Lisa Plikerd arrived at work yesterday, the single mother was stunned by the news that her job will be eliminated.
She was among 720 employees at Siemens Energy & Automation plants here and in nearby Urbana who learned their plants would close, with the first job cuts likely in August. The news hit hard across both communities, coming just a couple of weeks before the holidays.
"We just had a meeting where everything was happy and good," said Plikerd, who has worked at the plant for 11 years. "But they can make things (in other countries) for a little bit of nothing."
Siemens plans to shift work from the two Ohio plants to "existing facilities of Siemens Mexico or other third-party suppliers," the company said. The Ohio plants make highvoltage circuit breakers for industrial and commercial use.
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http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/12/09/20061209-A1-01.html |
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