Geez! This foundry has been there for 150 years in Lawrenceville and now environmental activists want it to reduce production by 77%??
They employee 400 workers there, talk about shooting yourself in the foot! Read it here.....
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And our citizens wonder way manufacturing in the U.S.A. doesn't exist anymore, because it has been moving to foreign countries. Imagine that!
The people who moved in generations after the plant started want the plant to cut down on air and noise pollution.
Same tired old story just like when someone moves next to an airport or Army base and then complains about the noise.
No skin off their noses if the plant shuts down completely, I'm sure that none of these whiners work there.
Before you know it we're gonna need to get 3 permits and an inspection just to tie our shoes and if you fart while bending over you'll get a pollution fine
Trendy Lawrenceville?? I go through Lawrenceville to get to the hospitals in Bloomfield and Oakland. I never thought of Lawrenceville as being trendy. I agree, we need to help American manufacturers, not hinder them.
US Steel is laying off how many this month? If this keeps up the only jobs in the States will be in fast food joints and car lots.
John
Read this story this morning-typical of the environmental nazis They were there when it was a dirty industrial area - now it is "trendy". I really don't think the Burgh has a trendy area. M&T meet all the rules and regulations but that isn't good enough- change the laws, they say. They supply 60% of the couplers in the US and have over 400 good paying jobs. Make them in Mexico, that is the hot spot now.
Sounds like the railroads depend heavily on this company. If they reduce production, or go out altogether, the consequences could be far-reaching.
Originally Posted by Penn-Pacific:
Geez! This foundry has been there for 150 years in Lawrenceville and now environmental activists want it to reduce production by 77%??
They employee 400 workers there, talk about shooting yourself in the foot! Read it here.....
it's going to be an uphill battle for the foundry.
Cities hate old-line smokestack industry even though industries that make finished goods out of raw materials are the greatest value producers.
Even worse is that it has little political capital. It is in a pollution producing industry and is nonunion shop. Going to be difficult to get a sympathetic political sponsor to take up the plight of those 400 workers.
Another potential downsizing or loss of one of our basic industries, good paying jobs and labor skills. Working from the 1970's through 2013 in the Midwest I have seen and heard of the many closures/relocating of our heavy industries what is needed is a balance between environmentalists, industry and the federal and state governments in keeping theses jobs in the States. We used to be the technical leader in manufacturing products both for domestic and international markets, these industries made the American standard of living with good paying jobs and steady employment.
The losses or outsourcing of these industries affect both white and blue collar jobs; engineers, accountants, shop management, welders, fabricators, machinists, tool and die makers, purchasing, marketing,etc., what politicians,industrialists and educators must understand is that all of us are affected by these industrial losses.
Well I'm sure there are a couple depressed areas in eastern Ohio that would welcome them with open arms. Like say, East Liverpool or Youngstown. And even offer some big time tax incentives to hire folks in those areas if they aren't welcome in the 'burgh anymore.
What irks me the most was a television clip on public television four or five years ago, this man stated that he outsourced the manufacture of electronic circuit boards overseas because we did not have the technical ability to make this here, this is a bunch of bull****, what he should of said was that he wanted to truly maximize his profits. It is extremely irritating to hear the bashing of our technical education/skills for maximization of profits/perks for a few.
From what I have read, coupler design and manufacturing is very specialized. They have to b super-strong but then break so you don't pull everything out. I sold to the foundry industry(when we had them) and it is an art that we have pretty much lost. Years ago I sold chemicals, binders, to this company and went looking for it but couldn't find it. Couldn't have been too dirty but the environmentalists are extremists so they will and are harassing the company until they move out. They can come up to Butler Co. where life is good. low unemployment(4.5%), low taxes and low crime. Then the city folk can turn the old foundry in to a trendy night club.
Export pollution import poverty. Some have tried moving factory work back to the US only to find even their managers needed remedial addition courses, yes addition, all for a candle maker, not as technical or important as couplers. I sure hope they survive. We as a country need them here.
The more manufacturing that we move to third world dictatorships the more impoverished our cities become and that will lead to more unemployment and civil unrest. Railroad freight car and parts manufacturing is one of but a few heavy industries that we have left. The foreigners already have the passenger car and passenger engine business. The American industrial base has been decimated by the political elite and hardly anyone seems to care. When only jobs for burger flippers and janitors are available maybe some will start to open their eyes.
Hmm I think we're doing our selves in... I try and buy Canadian goods , if not Canadian Made in the good old USA goods. ( Try and find stuff not made in china) I also like to support my local hardware store and buy fruit and vegetable grown locally.
Just to show how far out the loop I am.... I bought a new Ford 150 back in 07, I figured it was made in Oakville Ontario... Nope! assembled in Norfolk Virginia and the tires on it were made in South Korea. No one make tires in the US anymore?
Geese!
