Fairfield losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker closes plant, citing Trump tariffs
BY AVERY G. WILKS
awilks@thestate.com
August 06, 2018 06:24 PM
COLUMBIA, SC
Beleaguered Fairfield County is losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker Element Electronics said Monday it will close its Winnsboro plant in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
The layoffs come a year after Cayce-based SCE&G and state-owned Santee Cooper canceled their decadelong effort to build two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, putting 5,000 construction workers out of work and wiping away a promised economic boon to the poor, rural county.
Element’s announcement also comes a year after Fairfield County’s last textile mill closed, eliminating 200 more jobs.
“When you think you’ve reached rock bottom, to get kicked in the gut like this, you didn’t think anything more could happen,” said state Sen. Mike Fanning, D-Fairfield. “Within 365 days, you just get rocked to your core.”
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