Ending textiles quotas costs more jobs.Textile firm WestPoint Stevens announced on January 11 that it would lay off 2,465 employees (21 percent of its total work force) and close five of its 24 plants in the United States. The cutbacks are a direct result of the January 1 cancellation of quotas previously holding down the amount of imported textiles. Plants to be closed include two in Clemson, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , and one each in Burlington, North Carolina Burlington is a city in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Alamance County. ; Drakes Branch, Virginia Drakes Branch is a town in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States. The population was 504 at the 2000 census. Geography Drakes Branch is located at (36.992958, -78.601714)GR1. ; and Middletown, Indiana. |
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