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Article: St. Paul, Minn., Watches More Manufacturing Jobs Drain away.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- January 29, 2003
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By Jennifer Bjorhus, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 29--Judy Heath's job is going overseas.
Heath, however, remains in Minnesota, looking for work and worrying about how she's going to meet the mortgage on her Blaine home and make payments on the car she bought last year.
At 55, Heath has clocked 20 years at Miller Bag Co. -- a family-owned Minneapolis firm that's closing its doors for good this week, throwing 25 employees out of work.
Tuesday was the last day for the 10 remaining workers.
Heath and her co-workers are the latest casualties of a small flurry of closings and layoffs ...