In Quebec’s recent red meat sector, Olymel control regrets to announce the definitive closure of its boning and packaging plant in Princeville, Centre-du-Québec. 301 staff are sadly suffering from this determination and feature been given 16 weeks’ understand of termination. The plant will stop operations on November 10. Of the 16 weeks of understand, 8 weeks can be labored till closure and the remainder 8 weeks can be paid out in a lump sum.
Olymel will in a while be rolling out a relocation plan that may permit staff of the Princeville plant who so want to be relocated throughout the corporate to vegetation within the recent red meat sector or to some other facility with labour wishes. If so, years of seniority can be regarded as in an effort to decide pay and advantages, as soon as the approval of the unions of the vegetation involved has been got. The Olymel plant in Princeville additionally has 33 transient international employees on team of workers. Olymel will paintings with federal and provincial government so the ones staff can observe for relocation to every other Olymel facility.
“Nowadays greater than ever, it will be significant to proceed to reconsider our group in an effort to optimize all of our actions. The recent red meat trade is slowly getting again on the right track after two years of tumult that compelled us to reorganize our operations. We explored quite a lot of avenues for the Princeville plant, however we discovered that its operations may well be treated in our 3 slaughtering, slicing and boning vegetation, specifically in St-Esprit, within the Lanaudière area, in Yamachiche, in Mauricie and in Ange-Gardien, in Montérégie West. It’s with reluctance that we announce lately the everlasting closure of the Princeville manufacturing unit. This determination, tough however vital, is a part of Olymel’s want to proceed our efforts to go back to profitability within the sector, for the advantage of our complete group,” stated Yanick Gervais, President and CEO of Olymel.
In March 2022, the previous red meat slaughtering and slicing plant used to be repurposed, and operations shifted to value-added actions. Olymel will announce its plans for the disposition of Princeville plant amenities and land at a later date.
September 13, 2023 – Olymel