>Bill Martin, president of the Cumberland County Business Council, said his staff met with Black & Decker executives >the week before they announced the closing. > >The meeting was one of many regular checks the Business Council makes with companies in the area. He said there >was no indication that anything was wrong. > >“Within our organization, we were stunned,” Martin said. Afterward, he called plant managers to see what could be >done to salvage jobs. The response: nothing. > >And where the jobs went to: > >http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2005/04/11/daily19.html
Outsourcing to Mexico I can understand. Outsourcing to Tennessee is a bit harder to explain.