It’s been a mainstay in Fulton for years, and Sen. Charles Schumer today (Jan. 11) told workers at the Birds Eye plant that he’d do everything he could to make sure it stays that way. There has been no indication one way or the other what the new owner’s plans might be, according to Eduardo Jofre, business representative for Local 1822 of Workers United at the Fulton plant.
Business is about to boom at Oswego Industries, and it couldn’t be happening at a better time.
Oswego Industries had to cut down its payroll as work evaporated. Some people with disabilities stopped coming; others kept working but without pay. “There are a lot of people on our floor who haven’t had work in longer than we’d like,” Crowley said.
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The white coveralls you see in the picture at left mean more protection for defense workers and more jobs in Oswego County. Oswego Industries, Inc. of Fulton has earned a contract to produce the coveralls for the US Defense Supply. They have to be made to very specific standards. Oswego Industries will be hiring people to make the coveralls. Find out more when you click to read the story.
The jobless rate stood at 9.4% in September and had hit the 10% level earlier in the year. A year ago, the jobless rate was just beginning to rise. It stood at 6.6%.
In a letter to its patients and their families Tuesday, Loretto CEO Michael Sullivan said that the 120-bed Oswego home and its Rosewood Heights nursing home because they were “challenged to maintain financial viability before the economic crisis of 2008 and the outlook for their ability to maintain quality services in the current environment is poor.”
Though earlier in the week Senate Republicans appeared ready to vote down important Green Jobs/Green New York legislation to create jobs and help New Yorkers make their homes more energy efficient, state Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine won the support of 21 Republican colleagues late Thursday night to pass the bill 52-8.All Content Copyright Dot Publishing 2024. All Submissions Become Property of Dot Publishing All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.