Champion lays off 137
By STEPHANIE HARRIS THOMAS Hope StarPublished: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:22 PM
One hundred, thirty-seven people found themselves unexpectedly out of work at the end of the day Friday. Officials of Champion parts are calling the layoff, “unexpected,” and say there's no real indication whether those workers will be recalled.Champion Parts, a Hope company that produces vehicle and marine parts, informed employees of the decision in a letter with paychecks Friday. The letter indicated that the company had experienced an unforeseeable drastic drop in customer orders.Employees received the letter from Chief Executive Officer and President Jerry Bragiel. Vice President and Chief of Finance, Kevin Cain, for Champion Parts provided a copy of the letter to the Hope Star.
“This letter is to inform you that it has become necessary to reduce our workforce due to unforeseeable business circumstances. Champion Parts has experienced an unexpected drastic drop in customers' orders and cannot continue at current production levels.“I regret to inform you that you have been placed on indefinite layoff, effective with the end of the workshift today, June 8,2007. If business improves, the company expects to begin calling back employees.”Cain said no violence had occurred as a result of the notification, but Champion did have security guards over the weekend. He said 187 employees remain at work at the local facility. When asked if the employees who were laid off had been with the company for some time or if they were relatively new he said, “It was a combination of both.”
Cain said the drop in customers orders was unexpected.“We had been noticing for past few weeks in customer orders,” Cain said.When asked if a large supplier had cancelled orders, he said, “We have the same customer base that we've always had.”
One hundred, thirty-seven people found themselves unexpectedly out of work at the end of the day Friday. Officials of Champion parts are calling the layoff, “unexpected,” and say there's no real indication whether those workers will be recalled.Champion Parts, a Hope company that produces vehicle and marine parts, informed employees of the decision in a letter with paychecks Friday. The letter indicated that the company had experienced an unforeseeable drastic drop in customer orders.Employees received the letter from Chief Executive Officer and President Jerry Bragiel. Vice President and Chief of Finance, Kevin Cain, for Champion Parts provided a copy of the letter to the Hope Star.
“This letter is to inform you that it has become necessary to reduce our workforce due to unforeseeable business circumstances. Champion Parts has experienced an unexpected drastic drop in customers' orders and cannot continue at current production levels.“I regret to inform you that you have been placed on indefinite layoff, effective with the end of the workshift today, June 8,2007. If business improves, the company expects to begin calling back employees.”Cain said no violence had occurred as a result of the notification, but Champion did have security guards over the weekend. He said 187 employees remain at work at the local facility. When asked if the employees who were laid off had been with the company for some time or if they were relatively new he said, “It was a combination of both.”
Cain said the drop in customers orders was unexpected.“We had been noticing for past few weeks in customer orders,” Cain said.When asked if a large supplier had cancelled orders, he said, “We have the same customer base that we've always had.”
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