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Economy
Master Lock to Close Milwaukee Factory, Outsource 400 American Jobs
2023-05-26
[Breitbart] Master Lock, the United States-based padlock manufacturer, is reportedly set to close its factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next year with plans to outsource over 400 American employees’ jobs.

Officials with the United Auto Workers (UAW), who represent many of Master Lock’s employees, said Master Lock executives have informed employees that the Milwaukee plant will shutter by the end of March next year and that their jobs will be outsourced to other existing North American plants.

Americans at the Milwaukee plant produce parts for locks that are then sent to a plant in Mexico where the locks are assembled.

"We are disgusted, yet again, as another profitable corporation has decided to close the doors of a manufacturing icon in corporate America’s never-ending quest for profit, without any regard for the people amassing their wealth," UAW representatives wrote in a statement:
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  ^ if you get past my .45.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-05-26 21:51  

#8  Who needs locks anymore? Everything is free.
Posted by: Glenmore    2023-05-26 21:48  

#7  America’s never-ending quest for profit, without any regard for the people amassing their wealth

I had to read that one twice as I thought he was talking about union leadership.

I still have a couple Master locks around, key and combination padlocks.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-05-26 20:29  

#6  As a kid, favorite villain on Felix the Cat was the Master Cylinder, mainly because I was precocious enough to get the joke.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-05-26 19:41  

#5  /\ Pronounced 'massa' in Georgia.

* Point of useless trivia.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-05-26 19:25  

#4  Any use of the word Master has been determned to be racist (ie Master bedroom, Master key or Masters degree).
Posted by: jpal   2023-05-26 17:36  

#3  I wouldn't want to stay in Wisconsin, either.
(FWIW, I'm still using Master padlocks out of a box of 20 keyed alike I bought 15 years ago. Probably never need to buy another lock for the rest of my life.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-05-26 16:51  

#2  ^ Yes, they are just getting what they voted for, good and hard.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-05-26 16:04  

#1  "We are disgusted, yet again, as another profitable corporation has decided to close the doors of a manufacturing icon in corporate America’s never-ending quest for profit, without any regard for the people amassing their wealth,"

Sort of commie there aren't we? The sole purpose of a company is to make profit. If it doesn't it goes out of business. No one stops you from assembling the 'capital' to buy the company and keep manufacturing in WI. Of course, as a union you fund the progressives(neo-commies) who do nothing but make it complicated and expensive to operate in their domains.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-05-26 15:23  

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