RECESSION WATCH: WHEELING STEEL PLANT LAYING-OFF 90 WORKERS |
| (12/11/2008) |
| Steel making was once West Virginia's largest employer, most of the big operations are now globalized or down-sized. Now, a small steel-coating company in Wheeling is laying off workers for the first time in its 22-year history. Rich Carter, president of Wheeling-Nisshin Inc., confirmed Wednesday that 90 of the plant's 175 employees will be laid off starting January 4. Carter said decisions, after that date, will be made week-by-week. The layoffs are the result of slow demand.
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