Quaker Fabric Corp.

Company Profile

Quaker Fabrics Corp.

Plant Closings and Layoffs

Plant Closings and Layoffs (2007)

Company name: Quaker Fabric Corp.
Layoff date: July 2007.
Jobs affected: 930.
Location(s): Fall River, Mass.
Type of facility: Upholstery fabric.
Union (if any): Non-union.
Source(s) of information: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass., July 6, 2007.

Plant Closings and Layoffs (2006)

Company name: Quaker Fabric Corp.
Layoff date and number:
  • 225 in October 2006 and
  • 80 in January 2006.
  • Location(s): Fall River, Mass.
    Type of facility: Upholstery fabric.
    Union (if any): Non-union.
    Source(s) of information: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass., September 1, 2006 and The Herald News, Fall River, Mass., January 21, 2006.

    Plant Closings and Layoffs (2005)

    Company name: Quaker Fabric Corp.
    Layoff date and number:
  • 275 in February 2005 and
  • 30 in July 2006.
  • Location(s): Fall River, Somerset, and Brockton, Mass.
    Type of facility: Upholstery fabric.
    Union (if any): Non-union.
    Source(s) of information: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass., July 6, 2005 and The Herald News, Fall River, Mass., February 24, 2005.

    Plant Closings and Layoffs (2004)

    Company name: Quaker Fabric Corp.
    Layoff date: 2004.
    Jobs affected: Layoff of 100.
    Location(s): Fall River, Mass.
    Type of facility: Upholstery fabric.
    Union (if any): Non-union.
    Source(s) of information: The Providence Journal, Providence, R.I., February 24, 2005.