KINGWOOD — Approximately 125-150 Prestonians have lost their jobs with the Feb. 23 closing of Allegheny Wood Products. During this week’s Preston County Commission meeting, Roberta Baylor, executive director of the Preston County Economic Development Authority (PCEDA), gave ...
CHARLESTON — Over the past couple of weeks, about 1,500 West Virginians have learned they’ll lose their jobs because big companies are shutting down their workplaces. Cleveland-Cliffs announced its tinplate production plant in Weirton will idle in April, resulting in potential job ...
by Nicholas Goldberg Workers have been losing their jobs to machines in the name of productivity and efficiency since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the pace of automation, 200 years later, is truly extraordinary. I was reminded of that last week when I took my ...