Swift & Co. cuts 58 corporate jobs
Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 9:08 pm
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Swift & Co. announced Thursday that it has laid off 58 employees at its corporate offices as part of a restructuring plan.
The Greeley, Co., based meatpacking company says that the move did not result from the recent sweeping immigration raid that targeted six of its plants, including one in Worthington, and rounded up nearly 1,300 of its workers.
The lay offs represent 10 percent of the company’s corporate staff. Swift also said that it will not fill 12 vacancies at its headquarters, according to the AP.
Earlier, Swift & Co., which’s the world’s third largest meatpacking company, announced that the raids could cost the company up to $30 million in operating efficiency and replacing employees.
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Comment posted January 20, 2007 @ 2:19 am
My heart bleeds for them Oh yes, I feel so sorry for those who abused and intimidated illegal immigrants and used their presence to drive down wages in the local area. Perhaps the WSJ had it correct when it noted that the immigration raids tend to help the wages and employment of legal citizens?
“STILLMORE, Ga. — After a wave of raids by federal immigration agents on Labor Day weekend, a local chicken-processing company called Crider Inc. lost 75 percent of its mostly Hispanic 900-member work force. The crackdown threatened to cripple the economic anchor of this fading rural town.
But for local African-Americans, the dramatic appearance of federal agents presented an unexpected opportunity. Crider suddenly raised pay at the plant. An advertisement in the weekly Forest-Blade newspaper blared “Increased Wages” at Crider, starting at $7 to $9 an hour — more than a dollar above what the company had paid many immigrant workers.”
Comment posted January 19, 2007 @ 8:19 pm
My heart bleeds for them Oh yes, I feel so sorry for those who abused and intimidated illegal immigrants and used their presence to drive down wages in the local area. Perhaps the WSJ had it correct when it noted that the immigration raids tend to help the wages and employment of legal citizens?
“STILLMORE, Ga. — After a wave of raids by federal immigration agents on Labor Day weekend, a local chicken-processing company called Crider Inc. lost 75 percent of its mostly Hispanic 900-member work force. The crackdown threatened to cripple the economic anchor of this fading rural town.
But for local African-Americans, the dramatic appearance of federal agents presented an unexpected opportunity. Crider suddenly raised pay at the plant. An advertisement in the weekly Forest-Blade newspaper blared “Increased Wages” at Crider, starting at $7 to $9 an hour — more than a dollar above what the company had paid many immigrant workers.”
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