"The effected employees were spoken to earlier this week, but they don't really take effect until this weekend," said Ray Rarey, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at TMK.
The Camanche tubular facility employs almost 225 people, including those effected by the layoffs. Rarey attributed this decision to a downturn in the market that the plant supplies. He said the downturn is caused by the economy and a higher number of imported products. Rarey said these layoffs are not the norm for the Camanche plant.
"Just as recently as last summer we were hiring at that plant," said Rarey.
Rarey said the employees at the plant are a talented, experienced work force that truly is a team. He said it was unfortunate that the layoffs had to occur, but such an event can be expected when the economy has gone as far down as it has.
"The hope is that the market will turn back up and we will be able to recall all of these people," said Rarey.
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