Dems bring Textile mill back to small town

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/05/100149/little-known-bill-heaven-sent.html


Little-known bill heaven sent for laid-off textile workers



A few blocks from the restored antebellum homes that draw tourists to rural Warren County, wooden shacks sink into the sandy soil, their tin roofs bowing low, walls askew. Clothes hang on lines outside, limp under a stifling, late-summer sun.

Young people and factories have long been known to leave Warren County. Not much new comes in. So when the last local textile plant announced last month that it would bring back its third shift, word spread quickly.

The textile mill had 38 jobs available, paying $8.50 an hour and up.

Fewer than 20,000 people live in Warren County. The unemployment rate hovers above 11 percent. Not everyone here has a high school education, or a car, or a telephone.

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In total, 400 people put in for the 38 open positions.
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Peter Wehner and his ilk would think this was a bad thing.

[bushisanidiot]

1. Excellent news!

I hope this is the beginning of a trend. Though, the dems will have to fight the republicons every step of the way to get jobs to come back from over seas.

[Mimosa]

2. Good news for workers. n/t

[handmade34]

3. this says it all...

"...In Warren County, Thelma Carter's single-wide mobile home is just a seven-minute drive from Glen Raven. Going back to Glen Raven would be so convenient, she said. And days after standing in that long, hot job line, the mill called. She was given an apron, some earplugs and a seam ripper. She was told she'd return to her old task, on her old shift, working with a clutch of women she's known for years.

"Thank you, Jesus!" Carter laughed, clapping her hands in prayer. "I'm ready." She starts work Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, at 8 a.m."