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After 40 years of six-day weeks, Conn Selmer’s Ohio plant conducted its final shift, laying off roughly 150 workers as production shifts overseas to China, highlighting a clash between the Trump administration’s manufacturing rhetoric and real-world job losses in America.
Trump donor John Paulson plans to offshore Conn Selmer’s Eastlake, Ohio brass instrument plant to China by mid-2026, risking about 150 jobs and sparking resistance from UAW Local 2359; workers accuse the move of betraying Paulson’s stated support for domestic manufacturing, while Conn Selmer says the offshore shift will boost competitiveness and the company remains committed to U.S. manufacturing.