Article: Burlington Industries Inc.(to close Cuernavaca, Mexico plant)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

In announcing plans to slash 1,600 jobs -- nearly 9% of its work force -- Burlington Industries Inc. raises a caution flag to two other tattered Greensboro-based textile companies opening low-wage factories in Mexico. Burlington is closing its unprofitable cut-and-sew factory in Cuernavaca. Expenses got out of control partly because employees frequently quit, running up costs for training replacements. Guilford Mills Inc. and Galey ...

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