Cushma plant closing

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - The last utility vehicle to be built at the 101-year-old Cushma plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, has rolled off the assembly line. <br> <br> The plant is closing as its operations are being transferred to plants that parent company Textron owns in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia. <br> <br> A spokeswoman says most of the Lincoln plant&#39;s employees will lose their jobs December 20. <br> <br> She says a few employees will stay at the plant until January third to help close the books. <br> <br> The spokeswoman says some workers have elected to move with their jobs to Charlotte, but she said she didn&#39;t know how many chose that option. Severance packages have been arranged for other workers.

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