No Mower Jobs Moving to Auburn
Umm… maybe those Briggs & Stratton jobs leaving Missouri aren’t moving to Auburn after all. Just out: “Auburn’s Briggs & Stratton plant told 200 workers Tuesday their jobs will be gone as of Friday.”
At least in Missouri, the layoffs announced this week do not take effect until November 28.
Just a year ago, the company was “operating at full capacity in order to meet increased demand for generators resulting from increased hurricane activity.”
From the company’s release on Oct. 6, 2005:
“Dave Mauer, Plant Manager for Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC and all the employees have sacrificed a great deal of personal time with their families in order to try and keep up with the demand. What this really is about is Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group employees willing to go the extra mile to help fellow Americans in desperate need,” concludes [Vice President of Corporate Communications, George] Thompson.
Was really great of those employees to sacrifice so much and go the extra mile.
