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Transcript: Midwest Factory Has Workers Paint, Garden and Sell
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- September 1, 2009
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
09-01-2009
Midwest Factory Has Workers Paint, Garden and Sell
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
To survive the recession, thousands of businesses have done the same thing: cut jobs. But one small town factory is trying something different. Instead of cutting employees, it's putting them to work on jobs that were once done by outside contractors.
From member station WIUM in Macomb, Illinois, Rich Egger reports.
RICH EGGER: Bushnell is a small farm community of about 3,300 situated in western Illinois. It's located between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, about an hour-and-a-half drive from the Quad Cities. You ...