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850 Workers To Be Laid Off
UPDATED: 12:43 p.m. EST December 9, 2003
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Rubbermaid factory in Wooster will close, NewsChannel5 reported.
The plant will stop production at the end of the June.
About 400 associates may be relocated and 850 manufacturing and distribution jobs may be wiped out.
Rubbermaid Home Organization Products division will eliminate items that represent 70 percent of the Wooster plant production volume. Those items include totes, refuse cans and clear storage containers.
NewsChannel5 also learned the plant is closing for three reasons; excess production and distribution capacity, operating the plant is costly and the intense competive environment.
Last month, the company said it was transferring 85 employees from the blow mold department to another site.
It is the same factory that was hit by a tornado last month. Officials at the plant learned last week that the tornado damage November is about $20 million. That helped speed up the need to close down.
The process now begins for decision bargaining that provides the company and the union representing the workers the chance to consider any proposals that could impact the closing of the plants.
The plant will stop production at the end of the June.
About 400 associates may be relocated and 850 manufacturing and distribution jobs may be wiped out.
Rubbermaid Home Organization Products division will eliminate items that represent 70 percent of the Wooster plant production volume. Those items include totes, refuse cans and clear storage containers.
NewsChannel5 also learned the plant is closing for three reasons; excess production and distribution capacity, operating the plant is costly and the intense competive environment.
Last month, the company said it was transferring 85 employees from the blow mold department to another site.
It is the same factory that was hit by a tornado last month. Officials at the plant learned last week that the tornado damage November is about $20 million. That helped speed up the need to close down.
The process now begins for decision bargaining that provides the company and the union representing the workers the chance to consider any proposals that could impact the closing of the plants.
Previous Stories:
- November 14, 2003: Tornadoes Touches Down In Northeast Ohio
- April 30, 1999: Rubbermaid Scales Back Expansion Plan
- March 12, 1999: Rubbermaid Buyout To Be Finalized March 25
- March 2, 1999: Rubbermaid Gets 10 Years Of Free Taxes
- October 21, 1998: Rubbermaid Merger Means Big Business
- May 19, 1998: Rubbermaid Adding New Products
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