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Whirlpool Adding Jobs In Clyde

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published January 25, 2018 at 5:56 AM EST

Michigan-based Whirlpool says it is adding 200 jobs at it's plant in Clyde, Ohio. The move follows President Trump's decision this week to place tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels. The Solar Energy Industries Association says tariffs on solar panels will cause the delay or cancellation of billions of dollars of investment and the loss of 23 thousand jobs this year.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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