Janesville’s Allied closing its doors
JANESVILLE — Another manufacturer connected to Janesville’s General Motors plant is closing its doors.
Allied Systems Holding, 544 Kellogg Ave., informed the state Department of Workforce Development that it plans to close its doors Feb. 26, 2010, leaving about 100 workers jobless.
Allied Systems was responsible for transporting GM’s sports utility vehicles out of the city. Allied employees trucked shipments of SUVs to dealerships around the Midwest or loaded them onto outbound rail cars.
This is the second significant job loss at Allied Holdings.
In October 2008, Allied Automotive Group, a division of Atlanta-based Allied Systems, notified the state it planned to lay off 117 employees Dec. 23, 2008—the same date many other local workers were laid off as a result of the Janesville GM plant closure.
Allied workers in this round of layoffs include 33 company drivers, 24 rail yard loaders, 10 rail dock workers and a variety of other positions.
DWD and its regional partner, the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, are providing rapid response services to affected workers. Dislocated workers can access job search and career planning assistance, resume assistance, job training and job search databases at the Rock County Job Center, 1900 Center Ave., Janesville.
The announcement comes about a week after the DWD announced Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for November was 7.8 percent, up 0.1 percent from October.
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Dec 15, 2010 at 3:17 p.m.
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Tough news for anyone to be sure. At least the company has given everyone plenty of notice and didn't just call a meeting saying today is our last day. The sad truth is this area is not going to rebound much for 3-5 years and we may be just getting to the bottom now.
Dec 26, 2009 at 6:09 p.m.
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NeoBartly, I'm sorry, you're misreading that source and are just wrong. The "unemployment rate" is NOT derived from unemployment benefits. The BLS says this:
"The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the: labor force, employment, unemployment and persons not in the labor force."
http://www.bls.gov/cps/
Since the BLS compiles the figure, I would expect them to know. There are six different measures of unemployment, in fact, called U1 through U6, with U3 being the standard number reported as the rate. Definitionally it's the closest figure to those also on benefits, but it isn't exactly the same thing.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t...
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Since benefits eligibility varies and can be affected by external factors (e.g. extended benefits for certain areas or industries) it is not a good basis for measuring overall unemployment.
Dec 26, 2009 at 4:56 p.m.
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A professor of Economics taught that Zoom. Argue with him.
Dec 25, 2009 at 10:03 a.m.
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I'm so sorry for those losing jobs and those who have lost jobs. I tell God every night that I am thankful for my own job.
Dec 24, 2009 at 4:09 p.m.
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"The ONLY numbers being counted are those whom are currently drawing government funds for their non-employment status. Once those fund periods run out/ they are no longer counted."
Another myth propogated often. Unemployment benefits are not the only data used to calculate unemployment. The reported unemployment rate is derived from several sources including surveys of employers and households. Also, if the state UNDERESTIMATED unemployment, it would receive LESS Federal help.
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/det/workforcetr...
Dec 24, 2009 at 3:38 p.m.
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thats it bobb1951 - keep your chin up and a positive attitude.
Dec 24, 2009 at 2:57 p.m.
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Merry Christmas Allied Workers. Good luck on your future endevours. This is always a bad thing to happen to good people. But surely it comes as no surprise to you.
I do mean well by saying enjoy the Holidays this year. Obama will save the day. Just ask any democrat, they will tell yah. Looking good so far, isnt it? Contacting a higher state official is blatently impossible, btdt. DWD is running out of funding, so make no haste getting involved in the system. As you will see there are so many jobs out there, okay I will stop with the obvious state of the state/ state of the county/ state of this area.
The Survey of Economics, Irvin B. Tucker (south-western) defines unemployment in three catagories. Frictional,Structural, and Cyclical. To save much writting here, The ONLY numbers being counted are those whom are currently drawing government funds for their non-employment status. Once those fund periods run out/ they are no longer counted. Whether they have found gameful employment or not. I presum many are in the 'or not' catagory now/if not soon. So the actual numbers being reported by the BLS- Bureau of Labor Statistics, are not in fact the number of the unemployed totals. www. that name and see for yourselves. It is much more gloomier than you are informed of. Just FYI thar for the people whom really want to know the true figures.
Dec 24, 2009 at 4:18 a.m.
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Janesville; Will the last one out, please turn off the lights?
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