DOW CHEMICAL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL CLOSE DOWN ABOUT TWENTY (20) CHEMICAL PLANTS AND LET ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND (5,000) WORKERS GO.
THE 5,000 WORKERS, ARE ABOUT 11% OF DOW CHEMICAL'S TOTAL WORK FORCE OF 46,000 WORKERS, SPLIT ALMOST EVENLY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
LOCALLY, THERE IS A DOW CHEMICAL PLANT, ON ALLYN'S POINT, LEDYARD, CONNECTICUT. IT'S ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF THE MOHEGAN SUN CASINO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAMES RIVER . THE LEDYARD PLANT EMPLOYS ABOUT 100 WORKERS.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHICH PLANTS WERE BEING CLOSED, DOW SPOKESMAN, DAVID WINDER SAID,"THAT'S STILL BEING FINALIZED.".
EDTORIAL FOOTNOTE: PFIZER IS TALKING ABOUT LAYOFFS IN ITS PLANTS. WHAT EFFECT WILL THAT HAVE ON ITS OPERATIONS IN CONNECTICUT? DO YOU KNOW?
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