9AM Maple Leaf Kitchener Plant Closure
Posted Oct 20, 2011 08:39:57 AM.
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9:00am Canada’s largest meat processor has announced a massive overhaul of its operations that will result in 1550 jobs lost. Kitchener will lose a century old meat processing plant that employs 1200 people, many of them second and third generation family members. The distribution center will close in 2013 and the plant in 2014. Guest: Doug Dodds, Chief Strategy Officer for Maple Leaf Foods. Guest: Kitchener Mayor Carl Zher. Guest: John Milloy, Liberal MPP for Kitchener Center Guest: Michael Harris, PC MPP for Kitchener/Conestoga. Question: Will the plant closure affect you? Will you lose your job? Is this a sad day for Kitchener?
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