Miller Building Systems to close Elkhart plantby Ed Ernstes (ernstes@wsbt.com)
Miller Building Systems is closing its Elkhart plant, leaving more than 150 workers without a job. (WSBT photo) ELKHART COUNTY — Another company in Elkhart County is closing up shop, leaving up to 125 workers without a job. Multimedia Related Content
Miller Building Systems is closing plants in Indiana and Pennsylvania. This is just the latest in a string of bad employment news for one family. “We received a verbal notice they wanted to have a meeting at one o'clock of all employees,” Bill Stafford said. Stafford is a salesman at the Miller Building Systems plant. He said that meeting took place Wednesday afternoon at the plant off of County Road 3. "And at the meeting, they informed us that as of today, which was yesterday, that they wanted everybody to clean their desk out and they would be closing the doors,” Stafford said. “Everybody was shocked, you know, it was hard to take." Adding to that he said the company still owes him three days pay and $10,000 in sales commissions. "We have not had any commissions in the last five months, so yeah, there's a great deal of money there that they owe me that I'm sure I'll never see," Stafford said. Compounding matters, he says, is the fact his daughter-in-law, who is eight months pregnant, was laid off from her job at Monaco Coach on Wednesday and his son was laid off from his job earlier this year. He is not sure where he goes from here. "With the way things are around here, I would think the only way I could probably get a job would be to relocate," Stafford said. "I just don't know that that's an option for me right now." Stafford said it’s his understanding that a skeleton staff will be working to close the plant. Calls to the company were not returned. Most PopularMore Good Stuff |
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