Article: 2006 saw hundreds of local jobs lost: The 810 layoffs marked an improvement over the 1,345 cut in 2005.

Byline: Isaac Groves

Dec. 29--Workers at Culp and the few remaining members of Ameritex's office staff got unwelcome news in the weeks before Christmas; their jobs would be gone by spring. They weren't the only ones. About 810 people got the same sad news this year. It was an improvement over the record-setting 1,345, at least, who learned they were to be put out of work in 2005. WestPoint Stevens closed last year and Culp started paring down its local staff. According to the state Dislocated Worker Unit in the Department of Commerce, the state Employment Security Commission and the companies themselves, most of these losses are the results of ...

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