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UPDATE 1-Rogers Sugar suspends production at Montreal plant after strike

Published 2016-05-31, 12:53 p/m
UPDATE 1-Rogers Sugar suspends production at Montreal plant after strike
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May 31 (Reuters) - Rogers Sugar Inc RSI.TO , Canada's
largest sugar refiner, said on Tuesday it has suspended
production at its largest plant as workers went on strike after
wage talks at the 128-year-old Montreal-based facility
collapsed.
The company is implementing contingency measures to minimize
disruption to customers. "There's inventory, the company's
(other) facilities and other alternatives," said a spokesman for
the company, declining to give further details.
The refinery, operated by Lantic Inc, has capacity to
produce about 440,000 tonnes per year of sugar and is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Rogers. It has 200 unionized workers.
Talks between Lantic and the union began in March after a
three-year contract expired.
U.S. and Canadian industry players said the disruption at
the key Montreal facility could cause supply ructions if it
continued for a substantial length of time, given the importance
of the Lantic refinery to the Canadian market.
Rogers also has a cane refinery in Vancouver and a beet
processing facility.

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