Sparrow now largest private employer in Lansing

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This is really rather significant considering Lansing's roots in manufacturing. It's really not a surprise, though. Healthcare has been taking over as the largest private employer in quite a few deindustrialized cities.

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...30343/1001/news

Sparrow now largest private employer in Lansing

Do you think Lansing is a factory town?

It is, but on a smaller scale than in the past.

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GM now has 5,901 workers at its Lansing operations. That's down 35.1 percent from the 9,092 workers the carmaker had in Lansing in 2003, the last time a contract with the United Auto Workers union was negotiated.

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Sparrow, with hospitals in Lansing, St. Johns and Carson City, has 7,254 employees.