New York Senator Charles Schumer is pushing the CEO of Bausch and Lomb's parent company to strongly consider adding jobs in Rochester if the company closes a contact lens plant in Ireland.
Canada-based ValeantPharmaeuticals reportedly has notified workers at the B and L plant in Waterford, Ireland that it plans to cut 200 jobs and is also seeking a 20 percent pay cut there, or that plant may close.
Schumer spoke with Valeant CEO Michael Pearson and says that after that phone call he is confident Rochester would have a great shot at adding work and jobs from the Irish plant. Schumer says Pearson told him he would seriously consider the idea.
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