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Communities around the country but this is a manufacturing hub, or at least it was. unemployment here is over 10%. fairfield county has the highest unemployment rate already. so the news just two days ago that element electronics, the television assembly plant would be closing and putting 126 more people out of jobs was a difference-maker here. when you go around and talk to community members around here, it goes beyond just a job. it's the families, the communities, restaurants. it goes to the very nature and the very face of this community. i want to introduce you to terry vicar, one of thos...

Will be hit with a 25% tariff. a 25% tax. this will start in just a few weeks on august 23rd. 279 products among these, including motorcycles, antennas, different chemical imports, element electronics which is a plant in south carolina who says it will have to shutter, it will have to close its doors and lay off almost all of its employees as a direct result of the tariffs on these chinese imports. the layoffs will start in october. we are talking about 126 workers. the company says it hopes to re-open in three to six months depending on what happens. there could also be layoffs at a different...

6,700 people by june of this year. we also told you about agero's 500 job openings. we're happy to report that 2800 candidates have now applied. then there's the 100 tv assembly jobs at element electronics. they are reporting a surge of interest in hiring begins next month. and finally, we featured 980 jobs at philips usa. today we're happy to report 115 people have been hired. hundreds more positions are available. this is great news. we've already highlighted 5315 jobs. our momentum is growing and we're stepping up the hunt for jobs. and leads to even more jobs. for more on these companies a...

Bring jobs back to america. it's called insourcing. made in america is something we don't hear often enough these days. for example, the last american-made television rolled off the assembly line almost 20 years ago. but now a company called element electronics is trying to reverse that trend. the minnesota-based company built its brand selling chinese tvs. but in march, it will open a new television assembly plant outside detroit to actually build tvs right here in america. it will be the only one of its kind in the country. the company is starting with one assembly line and will have 100 job...

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