Trump's China Tariffs Claim Another Victim: A South Carolina TV Manufacturing Plant:
The tariffs imposed by President Trump have claimed more jobs, this time at a consumer-electronics manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Element Electronics blamed tariffs on Chinese imports for its decision to shut down its manufacturing facilities in Winnsboro, SC, a town located about 30 miles north of the state's capital. The plant, which makes Element TVs, will maintain a skeleton crew of eight workers, as it hopes the shutdown will be temporary."
The news is especially hard for Winnsboro and its surrounding communities because of recent job losses in the area, including the shuttering of a Walmart store, the closing of a textile mill, and the cancellation of plans to construct two nuclear reactors.
Element notified the state's Department of Employment about its plans, according to Columbia-based The State newspaper, which first reported on the plant's closing. In its notification, Element stated, "The layoff and closure is a result of the new tariffs that were recently and unexpectedly imposed on many goods imported from China, including the key television components used in our assembly operations in Winnsboro."
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:42PM (2 children)
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No one has yet complained that Soggy Jobs covers India [soggy.jobs].
In my opinion anyone who wants to better themselves through the sweat of their brow deserves all the encouragement they can get.
However, that I list jobs in India is intended to help Indian engineers find work close to home, without having to emigrate to a foreign country. I was once an immigrant in Canada. While Canada is in every way a wonderful country the entire time I was overcome with homesickness.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:09PM (1 child)
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:55PM
I have a special page for the European Union [soggy.jobs] because citizens of its member states can work anywhere in the EU.
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