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Shaw Industries, based in Dalton, Ga., is a leading maker of floorcovering.Shaw Industries plans to lay off workers in Ringgold and Eton, Ga., but officials with the Dalton-based carpet maker won’t say exactly how many employees they’ll be sending home.
“Shaw continues to align and consolidate its manufacturing resources in response to market demand,” Al Scruggs, director of human resources, said in an email. “We have made some recent reductions in Ringgold and Eton. We anticipate having positions available at other Shaw facilities for those who are interested in staying with the company.”
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the parent company of Shaw Industries, reported that earnings from Shaw and other housing related manufacturers fell in the second quarter.
“While revenues in 2011 from the building products group increased over 2010, these businesses, generally, continue to be negatively impacted by slow construction activity, particularly in the single-family housing markets,” the company reported in its latest quarterly earnings report.
Staff members at the Georgia Department of Labor said they had not received any notice of layoffs from Shaw by the close of business Wednesday. Federal regulations would require Shaw to file a notice and give workers 60 days warning if the layoff closed a plant, or included 500 workers or one-third of its workforce.