‘When is this going to end?’: US factory town devastated by jobs moving overseas

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The Viatris plant in West Virginia has been making pharmaceuticals since 1965 – but it’s closing down and laying workers off

“Disbelief. Distraught and traumatized.”

Just some of the words United Steelworkers Local 8-957 president Joe Gouzd used to describe how he and hundreds of other workers felt after their 56-year-old pharmaceutical plant in West Virginia was shut down, sending between 1,500 to 2,000 jobs to India and Australia.

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source: The Guardian - 20.06.2021

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