Article: Unemployed Textile Workers to Head Back to Work Thanks to Business/ Labor/Government Cooperation

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 ...

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