It is a USW facility -- and that makes it doubly hard, as it may adversely impact relations at the old Westpoint facility (also USW represented). In any event, the spasms will reverberate through these ancient hill-side communities, in rural central Pennsylvania.
Here's the bit, from a local paper, this morning:
. . ."We will start discontinuation of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing in 2024, which will lead to the ultimate closure of the Cherokee manufacturing site," the statement read. "Currently, we do not know the ultimate disposition of the site.
"This decision will impact approximately 300 full-time Merck employees, with separations occurring in a phased approach over a number of years; no separations related to this closure are expected in 2022. It’s important to emphasize that the decision to cease operations is no reflection of the performance of our Cherokee employees. . . ."
Northumberland County [Pennsylvania] Commissioner Chairman Sam Schiccatano said the county was informed on Wednesday afternoon of Merck's closing. No other information was provided to the commissioners, he said.
The plant, one of the Danville area's largest employers, sits along the Susquehanna River on a 323-acre complex, 127 of those acres inside the fence line. . . .
This is tough news, indeed. We wish the families all the best -- and hope Mr. Davis is keenly aware of the suffering he is inflicting here. Onward.
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