If these folks keep making up new states,
I think we will eventually prove Obamao right.
57 states
Quantum to lay off more than half of 305 employees in Colorado Springs
By Wayne Heilman Modified: July 18, 2013 at 6:43 am • Published: July 17, 2013 | 2:15 pm • 11
Quantum Corp. will lay off 170 of its 305 employees in Colorado Springs as the California-based maker of computer storage devices outsources its remaining manufacturing operations to a contractor in Alabama.
Brad Cohen, a Quantum spokesman in San Jose, said the company will complete the layoff and shift its manufacturing to Texas-based Benchmark Electronics during the next six months,. with most of the cuts coming after Jan. 1. Employees who are laid off will receive severance packages and outplacement assistance, he said.
The Quantum layoffs will further shrink an already struggling manufacturing sector in the Colorado Springs area. Manufacturing employment has declined by more than half since peaking at 26,700 in 2001 to 12,400 in May, the most recent data available. That is the fewest manufacturing workers in the area since July 1978.
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