WARREN General Electric again cuts jobs at lamp plant

WARREN -- General Electric has eliminated 82 hourly jobs at its Ohio Lamp Plant in Warren.
This is the second cutback this year that the company has attributed to a slowing economy.
GE recently announced that it was eliminating 35 other positions at the plant, although only 21 people were laid off because others accepted early retirement offers.
The plant on Dana Street had employed about 600 before the cuts.
Janice Fraser, a spokeswoman at GE's offices in Cleveland, said the cuts are elimination of positions, not temporary layoffs.
Review: GE continually reviews all of its plants and determined that fewer workers are needed at that plant, she said. The slowing of the economy has resulted in reduced orders and higher inventories, she said.
Business at the plant had been much stronger in recent years. The plant added about 150 hourly jobs from 1994 to 1999 as sales for its specialty lights increased. The plant produces decorative lights, reflectors and floodlights.
Fraser said employment at other GE plants has not been cut back. The company employs about 200 at a Niles plant that makes glass and about 250 at an Austintown plant that makes coils that go inside light bulbs.