Etiket: Olymel
Olymel closes its Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu factory
Olymel will permanently close its Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu factory this summer, a decision that affects 135 employees. The management of the cooperative explained in a press release that the factory, which processed…
Olymel closes its Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu factory
Olymel will permanently close its Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu factory this summer, a decision that affects 135 employees. Posted at 4:47 p.m. Updated at 5:00 p.m. The management of the cooperative explained in…
More than 42 Olymel workers laid off in Drummondville for the benefit of Ontario: “It is unacceptable that the company can use taxpayers’ money in this way”
Around forty workers at the Olymel plant in Centre-du-Québec have been laid off since mid-February because the processor transferred two bacon production lines to Ontario. The union considers it “unacceptable…
The CEO of Olymel needs his 1,500 temporary foreign workers
While Quebec wants to “reduce the number of foreign workers”, Olymel says it cannot do without its 1,500 temporary foreign workers (TET) who have become team leaders, foremen and supervisors…
Head office | Olymel leaves Saint-Hyacinthe for Boucherville
Restructuring continues at Olymel, which will move its head office to Boucherville, in the southern suburbs of Montreal, where the distribution network will also be consolidated. The objective: to achieve…
Olymel announces other plant closures, including one in Princeville
Olymel announced on Wednesday the closure of another Quebec factory, in Princeville in Center-du-Québec. The decision affects the livelihood of 301 workers. The factory will cease operations on November 10,…
Olymel announces the closure of its Princeville plant
(Montreal) Olymel announced on Wednesday the closure of another Quebec factory in Princeville in Center-du-Québec. The decision affects the livelihood of 301 workers. Posted at 4:36 p.m. Stéphane Rolland The…
Beauce unable to keep foreign workers from Olymel
Barring an unexpected turnaround, most of the 123 foreign workers initially recruited by Olymel to work at the Vallée-Jonction slaughterhouse will leave Beauce for another company plant. A scenario that…
Port of Vancouver paralyzed | A strike that is costing Olymel millions
Fresh frozen products that lose their value because they can no longer be exported and goods stuck on container ships. The impacts of the strike at the port of Vancouver…
Pig industry | Olymel advances closing stages at its Vallée-Jonction plant
The meat processing company Olymel is moving ahead of the announced closing stages of its pig slaughtering and cutting plant in Vallée-Jonction, in Beauce. Posted at 5:41 p.m. Thus, the…
The strike ends for some 500 members at the Olymel plant in Drummondville
The strike by unionized personnel at Olymel’s Bacon America plant in Drummondville has come to an end, after some 500 members voted in favor of the conciliator’s recommendation. On strike…
The strike ends at the Olymel plant in Drummondville
(Drummondville) The strike by unionized personnel at Olymel’s Bacon America plant in Drummondville has come to an end, after some 500 members voted in favor of the conciliator’s recommendation. Posted…
Saskatchewan and Alberta | Olymel reduces its pork production and cuts 80 jobs
(Montreal) Olymel announced Friday that it would cut about 80 jobs by reducing its pork production in Western Canada. Posted at 4:14 p.m. The company will close five sow farms…
Investing $150 million in Olymel was the “right thing”, says Fitzgibbon
Quebec has no plans to invest more in Olymel. Despite the hog industry’s struggles, Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon believes the $150 million government aid granted in 2021 was the right…
Investing 150 million in Olymel was the “right thing”, says Fitzgibbon
(Montreal) Quebec has no plans to invest more in Olymel. Despite the difficulties of the pork industry, the Minister of the Economy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, believes that the government aid of…
[Opinion] Olymel, symptom of swine error!
Beyond Olymel’s dubious justifications for closing a third plant (inflation, plant obsolescence, lack of labor and, above all, the fall in foreign markets, particularly the Chinese market) and the layoff…
1000 jobs lost | Olymel confirms the closure of its Vallée-Jonction plant
Meat processor Olymel has confirmed the closure of its Vallée-Jonction pork slaughter plant in Beauce. Nearly 1,000 workers are affected by the decision. Updated yesterday at 5:34 p.m. Olymel, which…
The closure of the Olymel plant is decried from all sides
The announcement of the upcoming closure of the Vallée-Jonction slaughterhouse by Olymel management on Friday morning sent shockwaves through both the unions and the political class. The Confederation of National…
Olymel closes its slaughterhouse in Vallée-Jonction
Restructuring and downsizing at Olymel, the main producer of fresh pork in Quebec, continues, as the closure of the Vallée-Jonction plant, the fifth to occur in a few months, is…
Olymel closes a pig slaughterhouse
Quebec’s largest pork processor is closing one of its four hog slaughterhouses in the province. The identity of the plant will be announced tomorrow by Olymel, which has called the…