<p>Glad Manufacturing is closing its plant in Cartersville after 45 years of producing plastic bags, cutting 350 jobs.</p><p>"It was a difficult decision for this location, but it's for the long-term health of the Glad business," plant manager Kent Barnhart said Thursday.</p><p>Barnhart said the hourly workers will lose their jobs by next June. Details including severance packages and job-placement services are still under negotiation with the local union, he said.</p><p>Costs of manufacturing and distributing bags for sandwiches, frozen food and trash entered into the decision to close the Cartersville plant, Barnhart said.</p><p>Glad has three other manufacturing plants _ in Arkansas, Ohio and Virginia _ that are not producing at their full capacity.</p><p>Mayor Mike Fields said the closing would be "incredibly bad for us." The Glad jobs pay about $15 to $17 per hour, compared with the northwest Georgia city's average of $13 to $14 an hour.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x2866614)</p>
