Lisle's McCain Foods cutting 126 employees
Posted May 31, 2009 11:00 pm
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. -- 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 wasn't an easy one, but will allow the company to be more efficient.
The company says a collective bargaining agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers International union requires it to honor seniority. McCain Foods USA is headquartered in Lisle.
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