A MAGA senator’s promises met economic reality at a dying Ohio mill
Hundreds of union workers lost their jobs when a paper plant shut down.
From The Times
December 3, 2025

When an Ohio paper mill’s owner announced that the plant would soon be closing, a newly elected senator promised to fight for hundreds of union workers whose jobs were on the line.

A man in a neon green vest and hard hat walks down a sidewalk toward a factory.

A few months later, most were collecting their last paychecks. →

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