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News Wire: New York Air Brake to expand North Carolina business

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Monday, August 21, 2017 9:09 AM

CHINA GROVE, N.C. — A rail industry company specializing in the manufacturing of air brake hoses is expanding its business in North Carolina, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. Premtec, a New York Air Brake company, will spend $1 million ...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/08/21-new-york-air-brake-to-expand-north-carolina-business

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, August 21, 2017 1:34 PM

And in the process, a number of jobs will migrate from New York to North Carolina.  Main reason?  They can pay $14 an hour in NC for what they are paying $19 an hour in NY...

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/new-york-air-brake-will-move-40-jobs-out-of-watertown-20170817

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Posted by narig01 on Monday, August 21, 2017 9:32 PM

Big Smile Someone should complain to a fellow New Yorker(the one temporally in DC) about the export of well paying jobs from New York to China!! 

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