remington arms plant-wide furlough

remington arms plant-wide furlough

They got the news around 12:30 this afternoon, and left the plant shortly after.

They're not sure how long the furlough will last, or, if there jobs will be there when it's over.

Newschannel 2's joleen ferris has more on today's announcement.

21:27 "it's never been like this, never" randy williams has been working at remington arms, in ilion, for 21 years.

Today, he and his co- workers were greeted at work by this message from the ceo of remington outdoor company.

Furloughs begin september 30th, but they're home and still getting paid thru the 29th.

Workers got the news around 12:30 this afternoon and left the plant shortly after.

With the exception of a few maintenance workers, the entire plant is furloughed; more than 600 people.

22:46 "hard to believe.

Hard to believe" remington outdoor company's bankruptcy and auction are underway....the good news-many bids are coming in.

The potentially bad news-it's not yet clear if they're for the entire company, as a whole, or-bits and pieces 26:51 "when i was at work and talked to the plant manager, those auctions are still going on today.

But we don't know if they're selling it off piecemeal?

We don't."

As someone intimately acquainted with the kind of work that goes on in the plant, union president jeff madison is hopeful .

None .

None 25:54 "i'm gonna tell you right now, i'm optimistic.

We've been making good quality guns out of that place for a long time.

The workforce is second to none" 4:20 "whatever we have to do to get it done, we will do that" among those hoping for the best but preparing for the worst-herkimer county working solutions.

They say remington workers are eligible for some hefty benefits, if the furloughs become permanent layoffs 1:31 'that program offers them a lot of different benefits like training and relocation assitance and income support during training" good to have a safety net....but remington workers and even those holding the net....are hoping plan awilg r that and toyoung to art ove how do you fige?

There's no rainbow that i'm looking at on this one.

I''m just gonna wait and see.

I've got to hang out and see what haens" :20 "couple ofdates to w here hope to k n more aboutwho,n woers say the comny is telling them they might be able to tell them more about what's next.

Back to you" > while investigating a report