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Article: Unemployed Textile Workers to Head Back to Work Thanks to Business/ Labor/Government Cooperation
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Eric Sharfstein, Workers United, +1-917-208-6980,
eric.sharfstein@workersunitedunion.org; or Mitch Cahn, Unionwear, +1-
973-573-9251, mitch@unionwear.com
NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, August
17th, fifteen unemployed textile workers in New Bedford,
Massachusetts will head back to work. The workers, all former Eagle
Industries employees, will be making ammunition bags for New Bedford
Tactical Gear, a new manufacturing operation located at 430
Belleville Avenue. Their new jobs are the result of a cooperative
effort between business, labor and government officials.
New Bedford Tactical Gear is a wholly owned subsidiary of New
Jersey Headwear ...