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For most of her 36 years at the Hufcor factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, Kathy Pawluk loved working there, at least until a private-equity firm took over four years ago. There were Christmas parties and summer picnics, and workers could listen to the radio as they built accordion-style room partitions for convention centers and hotel ballrooms.
They treated people like they were family, not a number, said Pawluk, 62. We had the best health benefits. We had HR people who really cared about us.
But Pawluk said things deteriorated soon after OpenGate Capital acquired Hufcor, a family-owned company founded in Janesville 120 years ago. They basically told us We dont want to get to know you in so many words, Pawluk said.
In late May, things took a turn for the worse. The company announced it was shuttering the sprawling plant and moving operations to Monterrey, Mexico, wiping out the jobs of 166 workers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/18/hufcor-factory-janesivlle-wisconsin-opengate-capital
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Republican plutocrats, turning the US in to a s-hole country, one plant at a time
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I'm sure they'll get right on this on behalf of working Wisconsinites, yes?
LakeArenal
(28,713 posts)11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)to the state by that very stable genius and master businessman Donnie Bonespurs with his big, beautiful Foxconn deal.
Wait ... what?
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Jilly_in_VA
(9,852 posts)they should not be acting like greedy old RepubliCONs.
onethatcares
(16,130 posts)to anything but more money.
ain't never enough and you can read about how it's never changed throughout the ages.
The O'Jays had a song about that in the 70s.
Money, money, money money, ............money...
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)305,000 SF HUFCOR FACILITY SELLS FOR $7.9 MILLION
https://mcguiremearsassociates-janesville-wi.cbcworldwide.com/news/305000-sf-hufcor-facility-sells-for-7-9-million
They make "operable partitions and glass walls", e.g. the sort of thing that hotels use to divide ballrooms into smaller conference and meeting rooms.