Sharon, Pennsylvania-based Wheatland Tube, a manufacturer of steel pipe, sprinkler pipe, tubing, conduit, conduit fittings, including aluminum conduit and fittings, has announced the closure of its Chicago, Illinois manufacturing facility.
The closure will impact 238 employees and is scheduled for November 1, 2024.
According to the company, the decision was driven by a surge of imported steel from Mexico, saying the Biden Administration was no longerenforcing a Trump-era trade agreement that would allow it to tax Mexican steel imports at a higher rate of 25%. .
Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. While many employees can read the writing on the wall; why do most assume it’s targeted at someone else? Are you now wondering, Am I Next?