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Article: MCCAIN FOODS TO LAY OFF 126.(BUSINESS)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2009
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Byline: State Journal staff, wire services
LAYOFFS
FORT ATKINSON - McCain Foods told employees Monday that about half of its hourly and salaried workers at its Fort Atkinson plant will lose their jobs over the next three months.
Company executives say 112 hourly employees and 14 salaried positions will be eliminated in Fort Atkinson as the result of a realignment of its appetizer plants. Work will be shifted to other plants beginning this month.
McCain manufacturing vice president Scott Bartlett says the decision to cut the jobs will allow the company to be more efficient. The company says a collective bargaining agreement with the ...