Recent job losses in PA:
Furniture Factory Closing in Union County
Tuesday, August 10, UDPATED: 5:45 p.m. -- By Norm Jones
http://wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2154287For more than a century Pennsylvania House Furniture has been making furniture but confirmation came Tuesday that production will stop,
leaving more than 400 workers without a paycheck. The announcement came the same day Pennsylvania's senior senator was hit by questions. People want to know why our companies keep packing up and heading overseas and how we're going to stop it.
Pennsylvania House is closing three locations in central Pennsylvania.
It comes one week after a manufacturer in Luzerne County closed its doors leaving nearly 700 without jobs. The job losses are one reason U.S. Senator Arlen Specter spent his day in our area searching for answers.
The Pennsylvania House reputation is high end, handcrafted colonial furniture. The news of the closure sent shock waves through central Pennsylvania. When Senator Specter showed up in Snyder County to talk about a highway project, people turned the talk to the 425 jobs lost. Specter talked about recent job losses when he met with with members of the Central Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce in Hummels Wharf.
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Jobs Cut at Sunbank
http://wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2154885Sunbank said up to 85 jobs will be lost from the bank's operational offices in Lewisburg and Williamsport.
The streamlining will begin at the end of September or early October. Branch banks will not be affected by the lay-offs.
Sunbank merged with Omega Bank of State College this spring.
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last week Techniglass closed it's plant in Pittston, PA -- 700 workers laid off