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Moberly Will Lose More Jobs With Scholastic's Closing

Date: October 4, 2011
By: Mengti Xu
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
After collapse of its China business deal, central Missouri's Moberly suffers another economic setback.
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OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: Educational publisher Scholastic will close its Moberly packaging center after it ended its "Back to Basics" toy business.

Scholastic Vice President Kyle Good says the company will move the inventory to Jefferson City and 135 workers will be laid off due to the move.

Good says the company will give the Moberly workers priority for new jobs at the Jefferson City location.

Actuality:  MOBERLY0.WAV
Run Time:  00:03
Description: "We hope that at least some of them will decided to join us in Jefferson City."

Coupled with the loss of 600 promised jobs at the Mamtek artificial sweetener factory, the unemployment rate of Moberly is over 10 percent.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Mengti Xu.

Intro: 
After suffering from the Mamtek's default, Moberly is facing another loss of over 100 jobs.
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OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: Educational publisher Scholastic will shut down its Moberly packaging center and consolidate the work in Jefferson City.

Scholastic Vice President Kyle Good says the closing is the result of the company's decision to end its "Back to Basics" toy business.

Good says the decision will impact 135 employees to be laid off, but only 90 new jobs will be added at the Jefferson City location.

Actuality:  MOBERLY3.WAV
Run Time:  00:05
Description: "We are closing down the business, so it is not a one to one situation for jobs."

 

With the loss of 600 promised jobs from the failed Mamtek artificial sweetener factory, the town of Moberly has lost more than 700 jobs within three weeks.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Mengti Xu.