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THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD — Saturday, January 13,1M6*.crattle city’sJEC lareest, butlarees othersalso scale, backi-; ■Ms■ Lethbridg® businesses and industries;were' fait by i aeries of layoffs and closures dining 1995. . 'The Largest Layoff • came at Japan' Radio. ■ Company, . formeiiy NovAtel, which had conlilined to deny rumors of iayofls right,up to the moment it gave more than 200 workers their pink slips. .April 5,36 positions were terminated. and June 13 the final 197 were perma- nently laid off after a temporary layoff.“There were always rumors going around there were going to be layoffs, • } bui (management) - always said there } wouldn’t, so it came as a shock,” said one of the first 36 employees facingpermanent termination. ..Employees were told there was an overload of product and not enough orders aitd hot enough, money to keep eve^iwdy:;-.'-/.Permanent layoffs were “absolutely a last resort,” sail LaDawn Ely, a manager for JCR here..; ’ Several of the workers were bit hard % the news. Many have families andmortgages, said the employee.IRC.look-over.operations of financially troubled NovAielinApri] 1994.“It'sobviously very sad; noone likes to see that,” said. Lethbridge Mayor David Carpenter “But there's still a substantial workforce thereremaining profitable goes l king way to ensure etrmtovment in the future.WEW FROM TIC TOMteyor David Carpenter, city economic dtwekipmert rnanager DarrelMcKenzie. The situation codd haw beer bettor.it-nIn July the fust wave of what was expected to be significani layoffs began roiling through St. Michael's Health Centre.* ■With pograms moves,, cutting bade beds smd discontinuing services like lab and x-tayr if s going to add up tOalotof lost jobs, board chairman Sr. Therese LeBLanc said at'the time.14 We’re look tug at upwards of 100.kl- .The layoffs were part of a S7-million budget reductioo.Some of the savings are expected to cxwnt. fnrwn nvivinr Itv aniff miahv^program lb Lethbridge Regional Hospital,'others from (townsizing of long- tenii care provided at Southland nursing home and; the auxiliary hospiuL LeBlanc said .Other savings will came' from the July 21 closure of St Michael's ambulatory care certre. The (800,000 outpatient department which includes an asthnia clinic, orthopedics and minor procedures is being discontinued LeBlanc credited staff for maintaining their dedication throughout thevriK rtf lawirfft utH (iftwiKi7ino mi SiMidiid's over die put time years.. . .“They are very dedicated people, and tint’s what makes it even harder.”: : . In Angusi even Cable tdeyision (ehthe wraih of die' cutback blade.Five employees at LethteidgeCablend 'lost Ihdr.', .jobs''• ;;ifter-the closure Of the retail office.;.% . . . - s *f *. * •General manager Benue Carriere, three derical staff andobe.' 'CATV Channel 12 employee .wide aii in diecorporate streamlining. 'Repair workers will o»tinne tti serve the company’s Lethbridge market.; CATV . Channel ! 12 s ^ obnraunity programming. and technical i departments were left unchanged. ;-’ ’ 'r ;In mid-December iSw town of.Claresholm received a shoctV-;’-r- - • . • • . • lt;.'An Alberta'- government' policy, changed in all forested areas except the Bow-Crow in' southCTn iAflie^ was-. blamed for the kiss of 45 jobs with the closure of a Claresbolni shake milL ■■ ■. 1 i . ■ ‘ • - • , ■* y * ’• ■ ■Jim Undevnulder, co-owner of ShtkeMasterscompete against .other smtU^I users butnot igainst ^gowimcrt;policy.,: r '. t Tbe; free^,'polii^'-'dldw5r^';?Aj-,-.Ijnlan to bid:fortbefive..cetiraf• rommerciaJ timber on .Cfpm land not already allocated by quota.;,: Lindenwlder said .tfad pdiicyallows bigger quofa-boWmg mills to bid up the price of unallocated Crown umber past the Doinl be can afford oav.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Sat, Jan 13, 1996
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