Thursday, March 19, 2009

American Town in Ohio becomes a Ghost Town due to Job Losses.....


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So sad to read this in "The Independent" and it has barely been covered here in the States....tragic...Ghost Towns and Tent Cities....America is hurting...Click the Title to read the article, but here is a Snippet:::
"Sider and her husband are among the estimated 7,500 residents of Wilmington – out of a 12,000 population – who have lost their jobs with DHL since cuts were announced late last year (9,000 were laid off nationwide). Employed as sorters, fork-lift drivers, mechanics and supervisors, the people of this small town north-east of Cincinnati were hit the hardest when the shipping company announced swingeing cost-saving measures in November last year in the midst of the worst financial crisis in decades. In Wilmington, every small business has been affected by the actions of DHL. Stores are closing, and people are leaving.

Dominated by a single employer, Wilmington is one of America's "company towns". When DHL announced last November that it would end its US domestic freight operations and turn over its American air-cargo service to competitor United Parcel Service (UPS), its Wilmington hub bore the brunt.

DHL had been in Wilmington for only five years, and the closure of its base there demonstrates not just the impact of the global recession – although demand for express shipments in the US has fallen sharply – but the end of an ambitious dream to take on its rivals FedEx and UPS."

3 comments:

tom said...

So Hershey's moves little by little to Mexico, sounds like a great reason to NEVER buy a Hershey bar again in MY lifetime
A POX on them..

enigma4ever said...

I know Peppermint Patties are moving to Mexico this summer...I am not sure when Hershey goes....so so so sad...
;-(

( hmmm, I will have to eat the good stuff....Lindt....Dove...or girhaldi....yeah....)

This "Ghost Town" is in Ohio- and is Never reported on the News...pitiful....

HAPPY IN NEVADA said...

I lived North of Cincinnati for 6 years; visited this town often - darling, and decent people.

My son used to use DHL through his 2 car dealerships; sent a lot of business their way, and said it is such sad news......

Guess that proves no town should ever rely upon just ONE major employer like so many have.

Glad you posted this because it didn't make MSM.......