BlueTriton just lately introduced it was ceasing its water bottling operations in Ontario and promoting the Aberfoyle plant
ABERFOYLE – There shall be layoffs on the Aberfoyle water bottling plant as a part of BlueTriton’s sale of its Ontario portfolio.
In accordance with a Kind 1 Discover of Termination of Employment letter posted on the plant, 144 staff shall be laid off as of Jan. 31, 2025.
BlueTriton just lately introduced it had initiated a public sale of the previous Nestle Waters plant and can be winding down its operations in Ontario by the top of January 2025.
A spokesperson for BlueTriton has not responded to a number of requests for touch upon how staff can be impacted on account of this sale, the reported layoffs or what severance the corporate has provided.
The corporate purchased the Aberfoyle plant and two wells in Wellington County from Nestlé Waters Canada in 2021.
BlueTriton is within the technique of merging with Primo Water Company, headquartered in Tampla, Fla., right into a single firm.
An organization spokesperson beforehand stated the choice to shut the Aberfoyle plant is just not associated to the merger.
A present worker on the plant offered EloraFergusToday with a photograph of the letter they stated was posted on a discover board at BlueTriton’s Aberfoyle water bottling plant.
The discover encompasses a letterhead from the province’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Coaching and Abilities Growth.
Below the Employment Requirements Act, employers terminating greater than 50 staff are required to submit the finished Kind 1 to the director of employment requirements, to put up a duplicate of the finished Kind 1 within the office and to supply a duplicate of the finished Kind 1 to every affected worker.
The Kind 1 stated there are 151 staff in whole on the BlueTriton plant, 100 hourly and 51 salaried. It said all hourly staff and 44 salaried staff are a part of the layoffs.
One other posting on the discover board, additionally offered by the present worker, reveals the corporate has introduced in profession counselling providers to supply info on federal and provincial employment applications.
The present worker, who requested to stay nameless as a result of they nonetheless work there, stated staff realized about this at a gathering and the reason given was the plant wasn’t making sufficient cash.
Individuals are nonetheless exhibiting as much as work, the worker stated, however some are mad, some are apprehensive and others determined they are going to be placing within the naked minimal.
“It went from a place where everyone cared to basically no one cares now,” the worker stated.
In an electronic mail, Puslinch Mayor James Seeley known as BlueTriton a “nice company citizen, contributing to native service teams inside Puslinch and surrounding areas.”
“The ultimate use of the property is but to be decided. BlueTriton was the third largest taxpayer in Wellington County,” Seeley stated. “Together with the lack of jobs, that is important to our neighborhood.”
Seeley took subject with water advocacy group the Wellington Water Watchers calling BlueTriton’s exit from Ontario a win in a press launch.
“It’s troubling for me to categorise this as a win by members of the general public that reside outdoors of our neighborhood because the lack of high quality of jobs shall be very impactful to many households right here in Wellington in these robust financial instances,” he stated.
The mayor famous the financial growth crew from Wellington County is in touch with BlueTriton, providing help to these affected by the closure.
