Lorain/Elyria, OH
Moen to close Elyria plant
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The company specializing in faucet components will cut 73 local jobs when it consolidates operations in
Kathy Flinn, director of advertising and brand for Moen, said the company will do what it can to help its employees find new jobs.
“It was a very difficult decision to make,” Flinn said. “We’ve got a really good workforce in
The company began considering cost-cutting after a downturn in the housing market, Moen spokesman Joe Mosbrook said. Both the
Moen moved to
In 1994, the company moved its headquarters and the bulk of its local workforce — more than 350 — to
The manufacturing plant in
Elyria Mayor Bill Grace said he felt uneasiness upon hearing that more manufacturing jobs were being lost in his community, as well as
“It’s happening across the country,” Grace said. “But
Grace pointed to federal tax policy and union issues, among others, as being to blame for the woes of the manufacturing sector. Those things, he said, are outside the control of local communities like
While the city has a lot going for it, he said, the loss of more manufacturing jobs is something that’s being felt throughout the state.
“My heart goes out to the families directly affected by this,” Grace said. “These are challenging times.’’
Contact Stephen Szucs at 329-7129 or sszucs@chroniclet.com.
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Sad to see more jobs leave Elyria. Pretty soon, Elyria will have a cutting edge high school with very few attendees.
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i would start to look for a new job else where, but i cant sell my house in this market.
I hate to even think of going on welfare but its starting to look that way.
And congress wants to talk about steriods gimme a break lets talk about JOBS!!!!!
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Maybe Elyrians should have voted in Quinn 4 mayor, at least he had ideas and plans on how to keep businesses here and bring new ones in. But hey let’s give it up for Grace at least we will have the “prettiest” ghost town !!
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If only we had built the new high school out by Ely Stadium 6-8 years ago like Edna Jean wanted, this wouldn’t be happening!! [/sarcasm]
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73 MORE manufacturing jobs………GONE!!! Not fast food jobs, Not Minimum wage jobs….nice middle class manufacturing jobs…GONE….. This is getting Worse by the day, not long ago you might have heard of these things a couple x’s a year, now, you HATE to read the paper for fear of whats next.
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Shontelf1 get over it. Grace was elected for a reason. Do you really think he’s just letting businesses leave without trying to keep them?
Bottom line manufacturing is dead everywhere. The best chance to bring jobs into the area is to use LCCC to train and educate people and create a work force of people with true skill.
More and more manufacturing jobs will be shipped overseas because of the cheap labor.
Education is the key. A new highschool is a start.
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Of course, educating the workforce only helps if you then have enough jobs waiting for them. Otherwise you’re just giving everyone more people to compete with for the few jobs that exist. But that situation is certainly not unique to Elyria; pretty much all of northeast Ohio is going through this, sadly. An article in the Chronicle last year showed the number of people leaving NEO annually, and I was amazed at how many had left for Phoenix, AZ, until someone pointed out that apparently Phoenix’s job market is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s not that people dislike NEO, it’s that they simply can’t make a living here.
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Yes, it’s unfortunate that jobs are being lost and the personal effect becomes reality - but STOP blaming the local politicians!
This is a consolidation including, as I read, Moen’s Sanford, NC plant too. This isn’t the FIRST time Moen/Stanadyne has gone through cuts/consolidations!
Al Moen was a very fair man, but his company is now in a nation that doesn’t want to hear the word - “Recession” - but it is becoming reality and it’s sad, and effects us now as it has when cuts/consolidations have had to be made before. So, please, it’s not our local politicians faults. Our focus should be on how to assist these individuals effected and not blaming their company & politicians.
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