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Rumors have been milling for months, and fingers have been crossed that the 375 workers at the menswear Hugo Boss plant in Brookpark will be able to keep their jobs still a little while longer will negotiations are being made with the German designer brand. Rumors are the company wants to shut down the factory to take the operations across seas to China.
Cleveland used to have a bustling clothing industry with knitting mills, sewing factories and much more that left either the Great Depression of the '50s or what many are calling The Recession of the 2ks.
Actor and Activist Danny Glover has recently come on board to help save the Hugo Boss factory, and was recently in town for a press conference and morale rally at the plant. Glover also led a campaign at the March 7, Oscar's to not wear Hugo Boss tuxedos at the event, while noticeably successful Hugo Boss still says they were unswayed and plan to close the plant in April. In short, Hugo is telling us who's the boss and what they want to do for themselves.
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