A total of 69 hourly positions were eliminated affecting ABB employees on all three shifts and reaching across all of the product lines at the South Boston plant, local plant officials confirmed.
According to Milton Axton, ABB vice-president and general manager, the affected employees were told Wednesday that their jobs would be eliminated effective Thursday.
After the layoffs, ABB has a remaining workforce of approximately 500, according to plant officials.
The job eliminations are the company’s reaction to the general recession affecting businesses and industries across the nation.
“We have seen a significant fall off in our orders,” Axton said. “We have seen a tremendous decline for transformers that has resulted in cancellation of investment projects.”
Source: Gazette Virginian
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