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Article: RACINE COUNTY BRIEFING
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2006
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Ametek Racine lays off 37 employees
Racine Ametek Racine, a motor-manufacturing plant based in
Pennsylvania, gave layoff notices last week to 37 of its
approximately 90 workers in Racine.
In a notice to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
dated July 17, the company said the layoffs will be effective either
Sept. 22 or Sept. 30. The letter was sent so that the company would
be in compliance with state and federal laws that require 60 days'
notice for major layoffs or plant shutdowns.
According to the notice, the layoffs will be permanent.
The company, which opened its Lamb Electric branch here in the
early 1970s, had employed as many as 700 people, but has been laying
off ...