ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state’s unemployment rate dipped in April, but mainly because fewer people were looking for work. However, a separate survey of employer payrolls continued to rise, suggesting Mississippi’s slow climb out of recession continues. Both sets of figures were released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The jobless rate fell to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: aviation, construction, contractor, death, defense, employee, fatality, military, runway, work, worker, workplace safety
COLUMBUS — A contract worker involved in an accident at Columbus Air Force Base has died from his injuries. Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant says 24-year-old James Meyers of Columbus was working on a runway project on the base when he was injured. Merchant says it appears Meyers died from blunt force trauma. Merchant says [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: employ, employee, employer, employment, facility, food, job, layoff, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, meat, plant, processing, slicing, unemployment, work, worker
BOONEVILLE — Plumrose USA has laid off 100 workers at its meat slicing plant in Booneville, Miss. COO Mike Rozzano tells the Daily Corinthian workers were notified last Friday. Rozzano says the plant now has about 320 workers. He says business dictated that Plumrose didn’t need as many people in the plant. Plumrose slices beef, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: capital investment, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, expand, expansion, facility, job, job creation, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, production, steel, tank head, wealth creation, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Enerfab is expanding operations at its Natchez location, which is known as Enersteel, to accommodate an increase in tank head production, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). The project represents a corporate investment of more than $11 million and will create 20 new jobs, bringing the total number employed at the facility [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: agriculture, economic developments, employee, employer, employment, forest, forester, forestry, job, job creation, lumber, mill, plywood, timber, tre, wood, work, worker
LOUISVILLE — Natron Wood Products will locate a plywood mill in Louisville, creating more than 200 new jobs. Natron Wood Products owner Richard McDougal says the operations will be located in a 265,000-square-foot existing facility and represent a company investment of $10 million. The plant’s plywood overlay panels are used primarily in large vertical and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 9,2013
Tags: capital investment, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, facility, job, job creation, manufactiuring, manufacture, manufacturer, plant, stone wool, work, worker
MARSHALL COUNTY — Rockwool International officials and State of Mississippi economic development leadership have broken ground on the company’s first manufacturing facility in the United States. Rockwool is the parent company of Roxul, a manufacturer of stone wool insulation products in North America. The plant, located approximately 30 miles south of Memphis, was announced last [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 8,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, borrow, county, county government, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, incentive, job, job creation, loan, supervisor, work, worker
STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha County supervisors have passed a resolution to let the public know it will borrow $5 million when needed to support an economic development opportunity. Supervisors took the action this week at the urging of the Golden Triangle Development LINK, a local economic development group. The county would borrow the money by issuing [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: back pay, employee, employer, employment, employment agency, federal agency, labor, labor law, overtime, pay, staffing agency, wages, work, worker
LAFAYETTE, La. — An industrial services employment agency has agreed to pay nearly $2 million in back wages to more than 2,000 employees following a U.S. Labor Department investigation. The Labor Department said Lafayette, La.-based Hutco Inc. employees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas were denied overtime compensation as a result of the company’s improper payment [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2013
Tags: alternative fuel, biofuel fuel, economic development, employment, energy, job creation, lease, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, REFINERY, sustainability, town, town government, wood pellet, work, worker
GLOSTER — The town of Gloster has signed a lease with Drax Biomass International for its Amite BioEnergy wood pellet plant. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the 15-year lease calls for the company to pay the town $8,000 per year for the first 10 years and $9,000 for the next five. There are options to continue [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: alternative fuels, bond, county government, economic development, employment, energy, industrial real estate, job creation, land, loan, plant, property, real estate, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County will borrow the $9 million it now needs to buy the former International Paper property from Rentech. County officials announced earlier this week they had reached a deal with Rentech for the 478-acre property. Officials tell the Natchez Democrat the board of supervisors will adopt a resolution to issue bonds for the [...] [...]
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