‘Odds against us when US went into downturn’

DISAPPOINTED workers at the Pfizer plant in Little Island believe the downturn in the US economy made other companies reluctant to buy the factory as a going concern.

Martin Condon, who has worked in the plant for the past 26 years, said when the company first announced its intention to sell off the Little Island plant, workers were very confident it would happen.

“We fully expected the plant to be sold. All efforts went into that. But the odds were stacked against us when the US economy went into downturn,” said the married father of three.