Again, there's no current view that the plant is moving out of Ilion.
Vengeful thinking about employees there losing their jobs doesn't help them or the gun cause. It's a non productive effort and not High Road.
Apparently some have never lost their job because management decided to move to another location. Frankly, if Remington did shut down the Ilion plant, it would be like Bass Pro moving out of the Mall. A lot of shoppers would breathe a sigh of relief they no longer had to avoid the place - for some, the outdoors and shooting sports are anathema. It doesn't fit their highly structured urban point of view.
Remington leaving NY would be a win in their anti gun agenda. BUT- with Remington there, and the SAFE act a constant irritation,officials can dole out campaign contributions. It becomes a thumb in the eye for those who want total elimination and confiscation of firearms. Their efforts will appear as if they want to lose jobs and put workers out on the street. That isn't good reelection policy in whatever era it happens.
Economically, there's no real reason to shut down Ilion anyway. They have a million square feet under roof, a lot of new equipment, and a line of products that at least meets Remington's QC. Moving would be a huge new capital investment that would take years to accomplish and the net result would be no different. The risk would be lines down for months, extra costs, QC issues, a backlog of guns getting repaired, and not a dime extra profit. Just to satisfy a few vengeful customers?
Get over yourself, it's not going to happen, and certainly not in the foreseeable future.
They made their most significant statement by going to Alabama for expansion. It's a win right there, the union is blaming NY and the politicians who voted for the SAFE act. That will have a great deal of impact just by itself. Moving the plant, not so much.
If somebody wants to move Remington, start a campaign for contributions to do it. What will it take - 10, 25 million? Raise the money and pay for the workers to relocate, too. Money talks. We all know what walks.
I'm not aware of anyone sending Magpul a dime to uproot and move. Seems the shooting community is full of those who want business to make political decisions that would hurt their employees and the owners, too, just to make a point.
Go to the next political rally and do it yourself. Wishing factory workers out of a job just plays into the hands of the anti-gunners - it is exactly their agenda, to put them out of work.