More than 80 people are losing their jobs in the Charlotte region at two textiles plants as the company moves to outsource part of its work.
Firestone Fibers and Textiles is cutting 81 jobs between two manufacturing sites in Gastonia and Kings Mountain in Gaston County, west of Charlotte, according to an N.C. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act report filed Tuesday with the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Firestone operates under Bridgestone Americas, based in Nashville, Tennessee, according to the WARN letter filed with the Commerce Department…