Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My feeling is that, if they want to reduce costs, they will hire locally and take advantage of the difference in prevailing wages between Fort Wayne and Dallas/Fort Worth. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Cigar Store Indian on Wells Street > BAE has had a factory in Ft. Wayne for several years. Its a former General > Electric facility. If I remember right, BAE bought that factory and the > products it made from GE and kept making the same stuff there that GE had > made. Its on Taylor Street next to the abandoned Slater Steel mill and the > Essex Wire plant. I wonder if they're going to add the Texas workers to > the Taylor Street plant or open a new facility? I haven't heard anything > about it yet. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 11/11/11 7:53 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > >>Nice, Chris. >> >>I just read today that BAE, the British aerospace company, is going to >>close >>its Irving, TX plant and move most of the work to Fort Wayne, citing >>their >>need to reduce costs. Maybe your preaching about the conditions in Fort >>Wayne are beginning to pay off. >> >>Jim Nichols >>Tullahoma, TN USA >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >>To: <lug at leica-users.org> >>Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 6:25 PM >>Subject: [Leica] Cigar Store Indian on Wells Street >> >> >>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=784&category=7 >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> 260-437-8990 >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>> Become a fan on Facebook >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >