The headline and story don’t match .. headling says 8000 jobs lost; story says union represents 850 workers .. could 7K at that plant be non-union ?? Hard to imagine.
There are 2000 employees at the plant (850 union), plus including suppliers and other businesses, it is estimated that 8000 workers in total will be affected.
Read the whole article:
If Mercury Marine, a subsidiary of Lake Forest, Ill.-based Brunswick Corp., shuts down the Fond du Lac plant, it would mean an annual loss of $353 million in workers earnings and an additional 5,900 in lost jobs due to the impact on suppliers, government and business in the area, according to the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corp.
5900 other jobs dependent on Mercury + 850 union idiots = 6750 and that doesn’t include the non-union types at the plant so the guess is about 8000 total.
The headline and story don’t match .. headling says 8000 jobs lost; story says union represents 850 workers .. could 7K at that plant be non-union ?? Hard to imagine.
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They probably figure each job at the plant supports about 9 other jobs in the community (grocery, gas stations, clothing stores, barbers, hardwarestores, etc...) These jobs will be lost due to the plant closing.
I’m guessing the business at liquor stores will go up as that is what usually happens during hard times.
8,000 was an early estimate. Non-union jobs will be lost also and other companies that provide products for Mercury will leave the state or just die off. The latest number I have heard is if Mercury Marine leaves WI, up to 11,000 jobs will be lost in WI.