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Battle Ground, IN

Mar 27, 2008

Lafayette hiring woes forced company to expand in Ky.

“It will be a lower cost manufacturing site, plus we have access to a labor pool that is less expensive”

Trailer manufacturer Wabash National decided to build a $25 million production plant in Franklin, Ky. via The Indianapolis Star

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Apr 8, 2008
 
Its all about money,not people,or the community.Theyll be gone in a few years.
mac48
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Apr 9, 2008
 
there moving just wait and see
use to work there
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May 10, 2008
 
the writings on the wall lafayette. why pay workers $16.00 an hour when you can move 300 miles away and get people to work for half of that. they say it's only three production lines now, ask the people who worked for don "the suntan" schumacher in hoopeston illinois. where their jobs went. most of their jobs went way south like to mexico, ole!
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