"VF has shuttered several of its clothing manufacturing plants in the United States and has laid off thousands of its employees, shifting its operations to Mexico where labor is cheaper. For example, the company closed its plant in Okemah earlier this year, which idled nearly 200 workers, and shut down its Wrangler jeans plant in Prague in January 2002, which cost more than 200 jobs. VF operates a Wrangler jeans plant in Seminole, a community of 6,800 population. At one time the factory employed approximately 1,200 workers from not only Seminole but also from Wewoka and elsewhere in the vicinity, Boren related. "