Fleetwood cuts 300 Decatur jobs

By Sherry Slater, The Journal Gazette

sslater@jg.net

Citing soft sales, Fleetwood Enterprises cut 300 jobs at its Decatur plant Friday and 57 more at its Edgerton, Ohio, operation.

The RV manufacturer, based in Riverside, Calif., eliminated 486 jobs in its three motor-home plants, including the one in Decatur, spokeswoman Kathy Munson said late Friday. The cuts represent 20 percent of the company's motor-home workers.