by MEC407
gokeefe wrote:Here is an article from iPolitics.ca with more info:CN9634 wrote:Massive layoffs at both the US and Canada operations...Sorry for asking the obvious. Is this a prediction or a report of activity?
iPolitics.ca wrote:The company involved in the deadly Quebec train derailment has laid off one-quarter of its workforce in the province.Read more at: http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/07/17/mont ... bec-staff/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A union representing employees at the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway says the company has laid off 19 of its 75 workers in Quebec.
The laid-off employees — 17 workers and two managers — received their notices Tuesday.
Daniel Roy, the Quebec director of the union, has denounced what he calls the company’s cavalier attitude. He says MMA did not offer any advance notice.
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A company official said the layoffs are temporary, because of the line shut down since the July 6 disaster.
When contacted by phone in Chicago, a spokeswoman for MMA said chairman Edward Burkhardt has previously warned of layoffs in both Farnham, Que., and in Maine.
“This is because of the track break at Lac-Megantic and they intend to rehire the employees when the line is re-opened,” she added.
MEC407
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives