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For instance, Walker said Aileen, which manufactures mostly summer garments, will employ about 350 people during peak production from December through
That employment figure rtu. i high of about 450 people during me best of times “four or five years ago,” Walker said.
However, during the slow period, which usually constitutes the final six months of the year, four-day work weeks are common, according to Walker.
Walker said the plant currently employs about 100 fewer people than it did four or five years ago.
About one-half of the job force at the Flint Hill plant is from Rappahannock County. The remainder is from Front Royal, Warren County and Warrenton.
“At one point, I was hiring everybody from Rappahannock that came through the door,” Walker said. “It’s not that way now.”
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