ConAgra laying off 234 workers in Garner as it prepares to close Slim Jim plant

[The Straight Story]

ConAgra laying off 234 workers in Garner as it prepares to close Slim Jim plant

ConAgra will close its Garner Slim Jim factory in May and lay off hundreds of remaining workers, nearly two years after an explosion damaged the facility and killed four people.

The company plans to lay off about 234 employees on or around April 16, according to a notice filed with the N.C. Department of Commerce under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

The plant is scheduled to close on May 27, and about 200 remaining employees will be let go or transferred by then, spokesman Dave Jackson said Monday.

After reaching a deal with the union that represents hourly employees, ConAgra agreed to provide severance, outplacement services, job retraining and performance incentives to help employees with the transition, he added.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/business/conagra-laying-off-234-workers-in-garner-as-it-prepares-to-close-slim-jim-plant

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Will this be the end of Slim Jims?

[Cassandra]

2. They'll probably open a plant in Outer Mongolia...

and make Slim Jims out of yak.

[Tunkamerica]

3. I think they moved some of the workers to Ohio

I could be remembering this wrong. The explosion at the plant was over a year ago.

[Arctic Dave]

4. OHZ NOEZ