WEBSTER CITY, IOWA (AP) _ THE FINAL 500 EMPLOYEES AT THE
ELECTROLUX PLANT IN WEBSTER CITY PUNCHED OUT FOR THE LAST TIME
THURSDAY.
     ELECTROLUX, WHICH MAKES WASHING MACHINES AND DRYERS, ANNOUNCED
IN 2009 THAT IT WILL CLOSE THE PLANT AND MOVE PRODUCTION TO JUAREZ,
MEXICO.
     THE PLANT CLOSING COST 850 PEOPLE THEIR JOBS. ROUGHLY 500
EMPLOYEES WORKED AT THE WEBSTER CITY FACILITY FOR THE LAST TIME ON
THURSDAY.
     DENISE HILL OF FORT DODGE TELLS THE DES MOINES REGISTER THAT SHE
STARTED WORKING AT ELECTROLUX FACTORY WHEN SHE WAS JUST 18 YEARS
OLD.
     HILL, WHO’S NOW 50 WITH A PAIR OF GROWN CHILDREN, SAYS SHE
THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO RETIRE FROM THE PLANT. SHE SAYS THE LAYOFF
IS SCARY BUT THAT SHE’LL GET BY.