Steel of West Virginia to Lay Off 13 Workers
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Updated: 11:01 PM Dec 4, 2008
Steel of West Virginia to Lay Off 13 Workers
Steel of West Virginia President Tim Duke says 13 employees will be laid off effective Monday.
Posted: 8:56 PM Dec 4, 2008
Reporter: Kari Adkins
Email Address: Kari.Adkins@wsaz.com
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Steel of West Virginia is the latest company in the area to make layoffs.

President Tim Duke says 13 employees will be laid off effective Monday.

This brings the total number of laid off Steel of West Virginia workers to 65 in less than a month.

Duke said the reason for the layoffs is that customers are cutting down on inventory.

Despite the layoffs Duke says he is confident they will bounce back.


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Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 7, 2008 at 08:28 PM

The total is around 165, what is the purpose of not telling the true number.Before I was laidoff the number was around 100. So why not the truth?
Posted by: john on Dec 6, 2008 at 01:11 PM

Duke, did any management personnel get layoff? Or was it only union workers. Duke won't ever talk to press unless its in his favor.
Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 6, 2008 at 10:23 AM

where is your guys union can't they do something about this like ak steel did.
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