This year has not been kind to Ohio – especially anyone working in Ohio’s food industry.
Workers were already getting a raw deal, and then the trade war delivered a one-two punch that has simultaneously slowed the American economy and reduced our exports as longtime allies boycott American goods.
These losses have destroyed factories and sent even more restaurants into bankruptcy across Ohio, and unfortunately the pain keeps building.
More specifically, Graphic Packaging International (GPI for short) recently closed down its coated recycled paperboard factory in Middletown – with over 100 employees laid off and looking for work in this terrible job market…