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Alcoa all done in Auburn (50 laid-off in Indiana automotive manuf. plant closing)
KPC-TV News ^ | December 4, 2012 | Dave Kurtz

Posted on 12/04/2012 12:45:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Alcoa said Tuesday that it will lay off all 43 employees at its Auburn plant and “curtail” the plant by the end of March 2013.

The company told employees about its plan in meetings Monday.

“While this was a difficult decision made necessary by market conditions, we wanted to give our employees as much notice as possible. We recognize how deeply this impacts them, and we are working to support them through this transition process,” said Monica Orbe, director of communications for Alcoa Engineered Products and Solutions, based in New York, N.Y.

Orbe used the word “curtail” to describe Alcoa’s decision and objected to using the term “close” in reporting about the plant.

Officially known as Alcoa Automotive Indiana Assembly and Fabricating Center, the plant on Auburn’s southwest side makes aluminum parts for the automotive and defense industries. Its work force has been shrinking steadily in recent years, and it currently has 25 hourly workers and 18 salaried employees, the company said...

(Excerpt) Read more at kpcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: aluminum; automotive; indiana; layoffs
I thought Mr. Obama had reinvigorated Detroit and the automobile industry?
1 posted on 12/04/2012 12:45:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For the record, the hourly workers are represented by the United Steel Workers.


2 posted on 12/04/2012 12:54:10 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Auburn, Indianna is one of my favorite cities. Went to a Pizza Inn and it looked like Pizza Inn used to look like. There’s a reason but I can’t say what it is.


3 posted on 12/04/2012 1:01:41 PM PST by Terry Mross (I haven't watched the news since the election. Someone ping me if anything big happens.)
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To: Terry Mross

To all those effected by this who voted for LIBs, DIMs and/or nobama...Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


4 posted on 12/04/2012 1:17:39 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Chickens coming home to roost...


5 posted on 12/04/2012 1:30:56 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s Indiana’s fault.
We passed RTW this year.

/s/s/s/s/s/s/


6 posted on 12/04/2012 1:33:13 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: Mr. Lucky

“For the record, the hourly workers are represented by the United Steel Workers.”

For the record, the Guru predicts the Goonion members will trash the factory in every way their devious, free loading minds can devise before they walk out for the last time.

Better to have mailed a check to all after they left on Friday, and the plant was secured by non-union guards.

I hope I am wrong, but does anyone want to bet against my prediction?


7 posted on 12/04/2012 1:47:34 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."..)
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To: GladesGuru

I predict a flurry of workplace accidents leading to disability checks for life.


8 posted on 12/04/2012 2:13:24 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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