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Moose Jaw General Cable plant to shut down permanently

General Cable

General Cable

Published on December 17th, 2009
Published on December 17th, 2009
Rebecca Lawrence
Topics :
General Cable , Corporate Communications , Moose Jaw , Highland Heights

Thirty-five workers at Moose Jaw General Cable have been issued with permanent layoff notices.

The plant will now permanently close. In November, temporary layoff notices were issued to workers for three months and it was hoped the plant would reopen in the spring.

But on Thursday, Lisa Lawson, vice-president of Corporate Communications, based at Highland Heights, Kentucky, confirmed the Moose Jaw centre would not be reopening.

Lawson said it was due to a downturn, which the company had hoped to turn around.

“Today we advised our associates in Moose Jaw we are permanently closing the facilities,” she said.

“As we told them, it has nothing to do with the performance of those associates. They are an outstanding workforce.

“It’s nothing to do with operation performance,” she said, “It was strictly an economic decision.”

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    G.G
    - January 5th, 2010 at 10:39:54

    Hey Jeff and Stevo..perhaps it's possible the both of you are a little wet behind the ears. I can't beleive how much you world travelers seem to know it's just amazing. There is no doubt people are cynical about this City and the Local politicians and for good reason I might add but it's people like you guys who spout off and yet have no clue what you are talking about. It's also people like you who elect these dopes. I found it pitful that you guys would put Hagel in the same breath as two National leaders like Harper and Obama, come on you can't be serious because if you are you suffer from some kind of serious dillusion.

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    Stevo
    - January 5th, 2010 at 10:39:28

    Jeff don't try to bring facts to the table, you will only confuse the basement dwelling cavers.

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    Jeff Albertson
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:52:41

    Most of the companies closing (XL, General Cable) have strong ties to the states. This whole mess was caused by deregulation by the Bush government and the greed of US banks. They screwed up the economy, not Hagel, Obama, Harper, etc.... that being said, go Multiplex!!

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    worried
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:50:06

    Will the last one to leave moose jaw please turn off the lights!!!!!!!! A big expense like a new arena looks mighty stupid now thanks for giving this headache all you multiplexers,,,, do you now see what we were talking about??? STUPID STUPID STUPID

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    John
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:49:46

    Looks like your Mplex is pushing businesses out of your city not attracting them. When I say businesses, I mean real businesses, not those so called home based ones set up to write off the lease payments on them new SUVs.

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  • lu mol
    lu mol
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:45:52

    now is the time to find companys to say yes to moose jaw and bring prosperity here.whats happening in alberta is the wrong direction in fact people are leaving that calgary town to find more affordable living.

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    Just A Dude
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:45:31

    I wish the folks who worked there the best of luck moving on from this shut down, this is a terrible time of year to be getting news like this. I wish that people would take the time to realise that there are actually people affected by these closures, layoffs, and lock outs, and think about it a bit before they start flapping their gums about politicians and saying how crappy Moose Jaw is, I really think it's disgusting.

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    nosaint
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:44:35

    another one bites the dust....MJ is booming, maybe we should follow Calgary's lead and build a 25 MILL bridge over Wakamow

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    Stick
    - January 4th, 2010 at 16:44:30

    Maybe mayor Bagel can get you jobs on the River Street project!

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