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Article: HELPING KENTUCKY'S WORKERS ECONOMIC GROUPS ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE EXTRA ASSISTANCE THERE AFTER WHIRLPOOL CLOSES
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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HENDERSON, Ky. - The Henderson-area economic development
organization is working with its counterpart in Evansville to ensure
that Kentuckians laid off because of the closing of Whirlpool
Corp.'s refrigerator plant next year are eligible for extra
government assistance.
That would include the hundreds of Kentucky residents who work at
the Evansville plant as well as those who work at part supplier
factories such as Fortis Plastics here, Northwest Kentucky Forward
President and CEO Kevin Sheilley told his board on Tuesday.
Whirlpool estimates that 30 percent of its 900 hourly production
employees who will lose their jobs reside in Kentucky.
Sheilley acknowledged that he "is a little ...