[GSI Commerce](http://www.gsicommerce.com/ “GSI Commerce Website”) is closing its call center in [Martinsville](http://www.martinsville-va.gov/ “Official Martinsville, VA government website”). 279 people will lose their jobs.

Martinsville already holds [Virginia’s worst jobless rate](http://www.vec.virginia.gov/pdf/newpres1.pdf “Unemployment Report for February-09 (pdf)”) of 20.2 percent.

[Read](http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/201899 “Read the Article”) (Roanoke Times)