Millions in WEDC money leads to layoffs and outsourcing

At least two companies that received financial awards from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) later outsourced jobs to foreign countries, with one of those companies receiving a second WEDC award after the fact.

A 27 News investigation has uncovered that both the Eaton Corporation and Plexus Corporation received millions of dollars in financial awards from WEDC, only to later lay off workers whose jobs were taken by employees at the companies’ foreign facilities.

Via Scott Walker’s WEDC doles out millions of dollars to companies that outsourced WI jobs to foreign countries @ Blogging Blue.