Jobs For Connecticut Now

From the Bristol Press: Representatives of small and mid-sized manufacturing companies painted a grim picture of stagnant or dropping sales leading to layoffs at a meeting Friday with three Republican lawmakers.

Arthur Funk, owner of Fourslide Spring and Stamping on Cross Street, said his sales are down more than a third over this time last year, and the 47-year-old company has lost five of his 25 employees due to the economy.

“We don’t want to lay anyone off,” Funk said, who hosted the meeting with state Rep. Bill Hamzy of Plymouth, House Republican Leader Larry Cafero of Norwalk and state Sen. John McKinney of Southport.