Bristol Virginia Is Continuing To Recover From Job Losses. The City Lost More Than A Thousand Jobs And More Than Half Its Largest Employers Since Fiscal Year 2007-8. Current City Leaders Have Made Job Recruitment And Retention A Top Priority. The City’s Leading Employer Last Year Was Electro Mechanical Corporation With 625 Workers. The Former Ball Plant Has Been Purchased And Will Become A Manufacturing Business That Will Eventually Bring 405 More Jobs.