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 Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject: Free trade is hurting Missouri workers |
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| Quote: | O'Sullivan, like other ready-to-assemble furniture companies, was going strong until a few years ago, when imports and a sharp rise in particle board prices hit the industry, Sauder said.
"The barrage of imports and higher costs did it," Sauder said. "When demand goes down and costs go up, that is a difficult situation to be in, and they ran out of money." |
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/6F1DFFB0BA97C90E862572C00039638A?OpenDocument
| Quote: | But, as Pittsburgh-based Matthews International, which owns the Marshfield plant, realigns itself to better compete in the global economy, production at the Marshfield casket plant is expected to move to other facilities, including one in Mexico.
In this Ozarks town of about 6,800, however, the departure of one of the town's biggest employers — which may result in the largest layoff ever in the county — is expected to leave a scar that won't heal quickly. |
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/NEWS01/703250414/1007
| Quote: | | ROLLA, Mo. -- Power tool and engine maker Briggs and Stratton will close its plant in Rolla. The company issued a statement from its headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Thursday that it will send the production to China and its other Missouri plant in Poplar Bluff. |
http://www.ky3.com/news/7102696.html
Free trade is killing us.
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