JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! SC TV-maker closes plant, citing Trump tariffs...126 jobs

[Miles Archer]

Fairfield losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker closes plant, citing Trump tariffs

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article216196580.html

COLUMBIA, SC
Beleaguered Fairfield County is losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker Element Electronics said Monday it will close its Winnsboro plant in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

The layoffs come a year after Cayce-based SCE&G and state-owned Santee Cooper canceled their decadelong effort to build two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, putting 5,000 construction workers out of work and wiping away a promised economic boon to the poor, rural county.

Element’s announcement also comes a year after Fairfield County’s last textile mill closed, eliminating 200 more jobs.

“When you think you’ve reached rock bottom, to get kicked in the gut like this, you didn’t think anything more could happen,” said state Sen. Mike Fanning, D-Fairfield. “Within 365 days, you just get rocked to your core.”

[kimbutgar]

1. And I bet those laid off workers will vote for Twitler in 2020

[Roland99]

2. We have an Element TV. Target sells them

Not the best quality but was fine for the kids when they were younger for playing Wii and XBox

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Probably better than a Vizio. Folks are warned to get a service warranties on them.

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While slightly better now, a few years ago, they were deemed irreparable because the same model would change internal parts through the assembly process, depending on what parts and suppliers were available at the time.


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