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Ames True Temper, Parkersburg's "shovel plant," is eliminating 73 workers,
according to a press release from the companies corporate offices in Camp
Hill, Pa. The announcement says 27 Parkersburg employees have been
offered relocation packages, leaving 46 workers unemployed.
About 125 people will be working at the corporate office. The labor changes
have been made "In order to promote the long term viability of our
company," according to Richard Dell, CEO. Ames employs over 2,000 people
in several states, Canada and Ireland.
A company associated with the corporation is now making identical True
Temper products in Mexico, and some Ames workers feel the labor is being
shifted abroad, using NAFTA. "It has that giant sucking sound," according to
an Ame's employee, who asked not to be identified. The company declined
to make any comment beyond their press release.
Several men from Calhoun, Roane and Wirt are employed by Ames.
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