CertainTeed Corp. announced on 4 April that it will lay off 16% of its work force at Athens on 21 April 2009. The company said the layoffs will involve 35 hourly workers and one salaried worker who is…
CertainTeed Corp. announced on 4 April that it will lay off 16% of its work force at Athens on 21 April 2009. The company said the layoffs will involve 35 hourly workers and one salaried worker who is retiring. Company spokesman Mike Loughery said that latter position will be eliminated. Loughery also said that the company will stop production at its Athens facility from 13-21 April, adding that the market for insulation is dismal. The company had already laid off 16 hourly workers in mid-March 2009. After the layoffs on 21 April, the company will have 186 workers – 156 hourly and 30 salaried.