XTRAFTUF Jobs Going Overseas, Officials Say

Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka

XTRATUFs are as common in Alaska as the Stetson is in Texas.

The brown neoprene boots are the last rubber footwear made in the United States. But production of the boots is moving out of its plant, and officials in the city where XTRATUFs are made say the jobs are going overseas.

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