
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 14, 1990                   TAG: 9006140128
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: associated press
DATELINE: CHARLOTTE, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

HEALTH-TEX WORKERS RALLY TO SAVE COMPANY

About 400 union employees of Health-Tex Inc., which has plants in Danville, Va., and four other states, allied outside one of the company's major creditors Wednesday to call for keeping the children's clothing maker financially solvent.

The blue-collar workers, faced with the loss of their jobs, mobilized to show their solidarity with management and to pressure creditors into giving the company a chance to turn itself around.

The lenders have planned to force Health-Tex to close, which would eliminate 4,200 jobs in the Southeast, union officials said.

by CNB