The Blade's investigation Shut Down & Shipped Out found more than 170 factories have closed in the last decade in the Toledo area, throwing more than 21,000 workers out of their jobs.
This trend is as much a cause as it is an effect of the recession that has devastated Main Streets everywhere.
The three-part series is based on a database of factory closings in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan compiled by Blade Projects Editor Joe Vardon.
On this blog, workers affected by these closings describe the events at their workplaces and share their feelings on what it was like to become unemployed.
Tell your story by submitting a comment below.
Were you or someone in your household laid off? Did your company move out of the state? Out of the country? Did it just close its doors for good?
How long did you work there? How much did you enjoy your job? Have you been able to find work elsewhere?
What was the effect on your family? On your finances? On your outlook for your future?
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Emdeon to close 100 N Byrne Road Office within 2 years.
As announced at our last quarterly "all hands" meeting. CEO George Lazenby announced that Emdeon's Toledo office would be consolidated into it's Nashville, TN operations. An indefinite hiring freeze is in place w/ the Toledo office. George Lazenby plans on moving it's customer service and billing implementation operations down to Nashville by early 2011 (50 jobs). Production operations will follow and the transfer should be 100% by 2012 (another 70 jobs).
Production hourly wages: $9 - $15 hourly
Customer Service/Implementation hourly wages $16 - $22 hourly
Posted by: Steve Kapski | 09/27/2010 at 10:00 PM
I HAVE LOST THREE JOBS FROM CLOSE UPS TO UNION BUSTINGS.
Posted by: BOB | 09/26/2010 at 10:12 PM