GOJO Industries cuts 150 jobs from Cleveland plant

[OhioChick]

Source: Newsnet5.com

3 hours and 5 minutes ago

CLEVELAND - GOJO Industries has announced it is eliminating about 150 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Cuyahoga Falls. GOJO, which invented and manufactures Purell hand sanitizer, had to cut jobs after a record-high year in 2009.

"We are sorry these reductions are necessary," GOJO President Mark Lerner said in a release.

The products manufactured by GOJO were at record highs last year during the H1N1 pandemic, and the company increased the number of employees to meet demand. The company ran shifts around-the-clock, but the end of the swine flu pandemic decreased the need for GOJO’s products.

"That was good news for public health but it means that many of our customers have our products stockpiled in their warehouses and we also have product waiting to be sold," Lerner said in the release. "We have now cut back on production and are no longer running as many shifts. Ultimately, that means we do not need as many employees."

Prior to reducing its workforce, GOJO had already cut back on hours, overtime, unpaid leave and temporary positions.



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More jobs down the shitter

[Curmudgeoness]

1. Interesting that I have seen gojo on the beaches on the gulf

to clean hands and feet and whatever else you got tar on. Huge buckets of gojo.

[Mopar151]

2. Works very well as a laundry pretreater

and an excellent rubber lubricant (i.e. for mounting tires). I used to rustproof cars, and it will get tar out of your hair.

It's basically sold as a mechanic's hand cleaner - I assume this is the product you are talking about:
http://www.gojo.com/united-states/market/automotive/products/selfdispense/~/media/Images/Product%20Images/XL/0-3/1109-12_xl.ashx

There are many others - these guys basically make a herd of products for hand cleaning, including Provon and Purell product lines

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Yep, it was the original goopy globby Gojo at the beaches.

I have used it forever, and always wondered what is really is, because it is magical. I guess the people in charge at the beaches agree.

[Mopar151]

4. Mineral spirits and propylene glycol....

Here's the MSDS - it's pretty safe, as these things go.

As far as the layoffs go - you could track industrial/commercial employment by sales of this stuff and it's related products. Get us (the blue collar middle class) back to work, we'll buy more GoJo!