Rogers Sugars suspends output at biggest refinery due to strike

Rogers Sugar

31/05/2016 13:51

NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - Canada's largest sugar refiner 
Rogers Sugar Inc 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 plant collapsed. 
    The company is implementing contingency measures to minimize 
disruption to customers, it said without giving 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 the company. It has 200 unionized 
workers. 
    Talks between Lantic and the union began in March after a 
three-year contract expired. 
    Rogers also has one other cane refinery and a beet 
processing facility. 
 
 (Reporting by Josephine Mason; additional reporting by Chris 
Prentice; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) 
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Keywords: ROGERS SUGAR STRIKE/