March 4, 2008 - Erie Plastics has laid off 192 employees, citing the completion of contracts with a major consumer-products company.Those layoffs, which came Friday, affect salaried and hourly employees at the plant, which makes a variety of plastic lids and other plastic parts.Union employees -- represented by the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications Workers of America -- apparently knew problems could be coming.