South Carolina tire manufacturer furloughs more than 600 workers

SOUTH CAROLINA — A major tire manufacturing plant has furloughed hundreds of workers in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Giti Tire, which operates a 1.7 million-square-foot tire manufacturing plant in Richburg, S.C., sent a WARN notice to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce on April 3 saying it would furlough 636 employees at the Chester County plant.

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