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Akorn employees talk about being laid off with no notice
Former employees of Akorn gathered outside one of its Amityville buildings on Friday to protest the company's layoffs. The Illinois-based pharmaceutical company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and laid off 303 people working at Amityville plant, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, notice filed with the New York State Department of Labor on Wednesday. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost; Rick Kopstein