Northeast Ohio businesses raise wages, offer bonuses, trying to hire enough workers
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In this Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 file photo, a now hiring sign is displayed at a CD One Price Cleaners in Schaumburg, Ill. The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections. Applications from laid-off workers rose 13,000 from the previous week, which was revised sharply higher, the Labor Department said Thursday, Feb. 18. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)AP
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Sheetz is raising wages $2 an hour. Giant Eagle is offering hiring bonuses for skilled workers like cake decorators. And retail businesses throughout Northeast Ohio are desperate to find employees.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The winter storms and power outages that hit Texas and Louisiana happened about two months ago. But their economic impact, particularly for the furniture industry, is still being felt greatly around the country, including in Northeast Ohio.
Texas and Louisiana house the plants that produce toluene diisocyanate (TDI), one of two main chemicals used to make furniture foam.
Because of the storms’ impact, those plants had to shut down their manufacturing process for several weeks, said John Ferrato, president of Wayside Furniture in Akron. The backup in producing TDI is one of the reasons customers have had 3-6 month wait times for furniture to arrive in store showrooms.
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