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La-Z-Boy Closing Plant, 250 Affected
By Erik Even | Dated: 04-03-2009
La-Z-Boy plans to cut 250 jobs as it consolidates its plant in Wilkes County, North Carolina with the one in Caldwell County.Caldwell County officials have given the company $500,000 in incentives. The consolidation will add 30 jobs to the 200-employee plant in Caldwell over five years.
Wilkes County manager John Yates said he had not heard about the consolidation, but that the company wasn’t interested in a counter offer from Wilkes.
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