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Nearly 50 years in British Columbia, the furniture company is mobilizing and moving to the United States, putting 170 people from work.
Prepac Manufacturing closes the Delta Factory and moves all operations to its location in North Carolina.
The Union of Employees believes that the war of tariff Donald Trump is at least blame, but the company insists that this is not the case.
“We were bargaining throughout the past year within several months of negotiations,” Javin McGargers, Western Regional Director at Unifor, told Global News.
“We reached a deal in mid -December and we did not have notification that they were planning to leave after just 60 days. The only thing that changed was the introduction of the Trump administration, and we saw the chaos caused by these tariff threats, and now we see this special hedge box seizes this opportunity to abandon Canadian workers, give up the people who built value in this company.”
In a statement of Global News, Nick Bozikis, CEO of Prepac, said that the central production decision at the North Carolina state facility is the product of several months of consideration and analysis, and began a long time before the dangers of tariffs on Prepac’s work.
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“The past few years have been difficult for the North America furniture manufacturers with a total request for the current time from what was the case when we opened the North Carolina state facility in 2021. The closure of our Delta facility is the BC facility is a necessary step that reflects Prepac facts today, and the company’s prospects to move forward.”
Bozikis added that they are proud of their heritage in Delta, but the North Carolina facility is much closer to its largest customer base, which is about 70 percent, on the eastern coast.
“We are committed to supporting a smooth transition to all affected employees,” he said.
“This decision was in no way a reflection on the quality of our team BC.”
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