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Democrats Cheer After Successfully Shutting Down Proposed Meat Packing Plant in Struggling Milwaukee Area
The Biz Journals reported
The Strauss facility was expected to receive about 500 live cows daily to be butchered and packaged. The company had plans to move about 150 Strauss jobs to Milwaukee from Franklin, and house up to 500 workers long term. The jobs would pay $14 to $17 an hour.
Under the HQ proposal, the city of Milwaukee would have sold the land in Century City to Strauss for $1, and provide a $4.5 million grant.
In a recent statement, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said he intended to keep pushing the project.
“I will continue to fight for family-supporting jobs at Century City,” he said. “I will not stop my efforts to attract businesses and provide opportunities where jobs are needed most.”
The chief lobbyist for Milwaukee’s largest business group tweeted that the unraveling of the Strauss deal “sends a horrible message to any business looking to locate in the city in general and Century City in particular.”
They will ban cows after they ban fracking