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Article: Determination, Corporate Aid Help Burlington, N.C., Workers Make Career Switch.
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- Times-News (Burlington, NC)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Byline: Brent Lancaster
Mar. 1--When Vivian Enoch's husband died, her work kept her going.
Enoch likes to work. At 64, she is starting a new career and is working two jobs.
"I don't want to ever retire," Enoch said.
So it hurt when the Ametek-Lamb Electric Division plant in Graham closed in 2001. Enoch had worked there for more than seven years and had been with Burlington Industries for 28 years before that.
Nearing retirement age, she was faced with finding another job in a tough economy.
She's one of many in Alamance County who have had financial stability pulled out from under them. Jobs in manufacturing, ...