Saltville, Va., to get 200 jobs at Global Contract Services call center.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: November 13, 2004 | Copyright information

By Don Simmons Jr., The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 13--A Salisbury, N.C.-based company will open its second call center in Southwest Virginia in Saltville, creating at least 200 jobs in a region hard hit by the loss of textile jobs and the announcement last month that Bristol Compressors, neighboring Washington County's largest private employer, will lay off 320 workers.

Global Contract Services, which in January opened a c...