Our favorite headline to write?
That’s easy: “More jobs coming to (fill in the name of a town in our three-county circulation area).
We had that pleasure Tuesday, when a mainstay of our local economy announced that it was expanding again.
Procter & Gamble, which makes Tampax brand tampons on a 60-acre site in Auburn, opened a custom-order packing facility that will employee 60 people.
But this is a good-news story with an even better twist: Eighteen of those jobs will be filled by people with disabilities.
“We want to ensure that everyone is valued and everyone is included,” said P&G Chief Diversity Officer Linda Clement-Holmes.
According to Auburn Plant Manager Felica Coney, the disabled workers will be held to the same standards and earn the same pay and benefits as other workers, although allowances are being made for training, the complexity of the skills and work hours.
Many local companies, of course, already employ people with disabilities. But it’s great to see a major manufacturer include the disabled in their expansion plans.
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