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When your town gets kicked in the balls, economically speaking...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by OnTheRiver, Aug 28, 2009.

  1. OnTheRiver

    OnTheRiver Active Member

    Oy.

    http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/aug/28/whirlpool-set-close-evansville-plant-2010/

    1,100 jobs gone, with another 300 teetering.
     
    OnTheRiver, Aug 28, 2009
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  2. OTD

    OTD Well-Known Member

    That sucks. When I was in college, we'd drive through Evansville on the way to Florida for spring break. Seems like every year we'd hit it just as the Whirlpool plant changed shifts. It used to take forever to get through there.
     
    OTD, Aug 28, 2009
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  3. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    The Findlay newspaper thread breathes a sigh of relief.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 28, 2009
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  4. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Dang, that stinks. But it sounds like that plant was at borrowed time for a while, unfortunately. The link shows that at its peak, Whirlpool employed nearly 10,000 people in Evansville.
     
    Bob Cook, Aug 28, 2009
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Ugh. Reminds me of when RCA left Bloomington, once the "color TV capital of the world."
     
    playthrough, Aug 28, 2009
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  6. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Well, at least when plants left Bloomington, they left something to remember them by (mostly, toxic waste).

    http://www.indystar.com/article/20090803/LOCAL/908030381
     
    Bob Cook, Aug 28, 2009
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  7. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    Wow. That's awful.
     
    sportschick, Aug 28, 2009
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  8. Shark_Juumper

    Shark_Juumper Member

    Terrible.

    Any vendors or supporting businesses expected to go under because of this?
     
    Shark_Juumper, Aug 28, 2009
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  9. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    You know my dad's engineering firm does a lot of business at GE. I should call and see what's up.
     
    sportschick, Aug 28, 2009
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  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    1,100 people lose jobs in a town that size, the ripples become a tsunami.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Aug 28, 2009
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  11. MacDaddy

    MacDaddy Active Member

    Off topic: When I called up the story the photo galleries on the right side of the page had "car in river" and "Ted Kennedy" next to each other. This amused me.
     
    MacDaddy, Aug 28, 2009
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