Over 100 employers attend job fair for former Sumitomo workers

TOWN OF TONAWANDA, NY (WIVB) -- After Sumitomo Rubber announced the closure of its Tonawanda tire manufacturing facility last month, more than 1,500 employees are now without jobs."I left a good job thinking I had a career here," said Shanika Wilcox, a former machine operator with Sumitomo. "I don't know how I'm going to get back and I have a family to take care of, the holiday season. I have bills to pay, it's hard, it's a struggle."Wilcox is now one of many workers searching for new opportunit