Scott Walker is the man. So what if he's crushing the middle class, they're parasites anyways. Most workers are communists who support those evil unions and that Kenyan Marxist occupying the White House anyways. We'll show them how to really re-distribute the wealth. All the taxes those dirty love music workers pay will be recycled right back into the hands of their bosses with tax credits. We'll bleed the working poor leeches like they've been bleeding us. No more cradle to grave for these hammock swinging rotten teeth socialists - it'll be the grave only from now on. Scott and his Gestapo legislature will make sure of it. How's that Cass - not bad, huh?

It's a job. Lots of risk to the employees if they get hurt though. Not a lot of company support there. Still, there are always people desperate enough to do the work.

I wonder how many people read that and (even though it clearly doesnt) thought it said GM? Yeah, some still think she's a coming back.....

bigdink?

JUST WAIT 1.5 YEARS AND TALK TO ME!

Happened to friend of mine at the time.He never got a call back either.Could it be ST didn't want to pay his current ending wage ? He also had a great work record.He was also told to cash in his 401k,that cost him a 60% penalty.

I'm just saying, where are your people getting your facts from.

nospinguy, The tax dollars for the state their employees will be generating in the near-term will be recycled through the back door into the hands of company profit takers. You're right, I am hater. I hate corrupt government. I hate theft of tax dollars by deception. I hate the subversion of the free markets and I hate crony capitalism.

nospinguy....Then please enlighten us on what REALLY happened !!

youkillme....That is my understanding what happened in 2008.ST cut insurance to workers with no $$ at first and state got involved and ST started to give $$ towards the workers to fine their own.

12345678 Facts are a wonderful thing to check out...try it some time!

Obviously the DOC thinks its a pretty good risk. A battle tested 50 year old company experienced in the market reclaiming jobs from China. There's win #1. With the tax dollars generated from the new employees, sales of goods, unemployment savings, etc. the return on this is probably going to be real short. Quite being a hater!

12345678, don't tell me that ST is pushing their employees onto BadgerCare and Scott Walker is cutting BadgerCare. Why - that would sound like a conspiracy of war against the employed poor. ;-)

Is Stoughton Trailers still not offering insurance to their workers? Are they still paying less than $2.00hr for employees to find their own?If that is the case will new hires being making $8.00 hr ? Do they still offer a 401k ?

nospinguy, do you really believe they will pay that loan back? If they do as they expected without the money - they will meet the forgiveness clause. If they fail and or go belly up - will you underwrite the guarantee for repayment?

you killme did you even read the story......."The grant is actually a loan, which carries a deferral payment period as well as a forgiveness clause if performance standards are met". Do you think performance standards might mean, generating more tax $$$ than the amount of the loan!

I'm sure Stoughton Trailers will apply for state aid as well. Walker will have hundreds of millions to give away once he cuts education and health services to the working poor. The owner or president of ST will be only one more government hand-out away from running for the U.S House or Senate, he'll be self-made - like Ron Johnson is.

jacin what?

maybe they could start paying all of the employees the holiday pay they should get,not just the second shift.

bignik - ya, everyone should all be entitled to great pay regardless of their education, work ethic or skill. Wrong.

would it be to much to ask for these negative comments to be substantiated by a little fact checking! you might just find out how stupid you sound.

And who said government doesn't create jobs?

I agree bigdink. Everyone should start out at $15 an hour, and after 1 year of employment, regardless of skill or work ethic, should make $28 an hour. What a great concept, what could go wrong?

"Little Dubya's" promise 250,000 $9.00 an hour jobs with NO BENEFITS. They have to do something to create these jobs and fulfill "Dumbya's" promise. The state of WI will be so much better off with the few rich folks dictating the poor!

nugnrose - sounds like empolyees could use some representation....

Westorbust, the grant is actually a loan, not a handout.
Troll, the stock markets fluctuate on a daily basis, being down for one day constitutes the need to stop opening businesses? That seems logical.
I do agree with nugnrose though, the company has a very shady past in dealing with their employees, and I doubt it will be different this time around, but I'm sure there are people who need the jobs and benefits bad enough that they will fill the plant up very soon.

i thought they had reopened the evansville one some time ago - i went up to stoughton some time ago (last summer/fall) because they were reopening it back then and applied

As a former Stoughton Trailers employee, all I can say is let the potential employees beware. Among we current and former employees, their disrespect and abuse of employees is legendary. I was told by a Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development employee in the early 2000s that ST was in the top five employers in the state for employee complaints against them. Every cycle they cut wages and then have to raise them to get people in the door. They are a very poor choice for employment, IMO, you're better off on unemployment.

Troll
That's the point - our state wants to give preferential treatment to any firm expanding or opening (or reopening) TO ADD JOBS.
Temporary jobs are better than no jobs.

I don't think the state should be handing out money like this. It gives preferential treatment to some companies giving them an unfair advantage over others. That is not a free market system.
In other news:
Dow Jones: -228.48
Dow futures: -46
Good luck!

Why do we have to pay any company to put people back to work? Isn't that the republican mantra? Hypocrites. Investment? Stoughton Trailers can't decide what they need to do, so I don't have much faith that any of those jobs will be anything but short term. Worked there myself at one point. Horrible place to work, but a job is a job.

There's plenty of people that need jobs and there will be a lot more applying than positions available, I'm sure of that.

Couldn't Stoughton Trailers use some of the money from the lawsuit they just won?

http://connectstoughton.com/main.asp?Sec...

Seriously?
Let's see, if 300 workers make $10/hr for 40 hrs a week and the plant stays open for ONLY seven weeks, then those 300 workers make $840,000.
Seems like a good investment by the government to me.
Pay people not to work for 99 weeks (Unemployment Compensation Benefits) or pay a company to get people back to work?
Gosh, which one makes more sense?

Right..
Jobs are so plentiful in this economy that I am sure it will be impossible for Stougthon Trailers to find willing workers.
Hmmm...
What will workers get tired of first - putting up with Stoughton Trailiers or not having a job?
Wake up!

While I think jobs are good, why is it ok for a Repub administration to hand Stoughton Trailers 3/4 of a million dollars in tax payer money? I thought we were reducing taxes, reducing handouts, and scaling back government. I don't imagine these jobs will hang around too long with the price of fuel going up, and up, and up...

This company doesn't know if it is coming or going. They hire then layoff, one of these days workers are going to get tired of this and then they will have know one to work because of this issue.