Mega Bloks to lay off nearly 600 workers
Mega Bloks has been a big employer in St-Laurent, so much so that it’s marked on the STM map as a destination. But not for much longer. Mattel, the parent company, plans to lay off nearly 600 people as production is moved to Mexico and China. None of them are unionized.
Ian 17:45 on 2020-01-25 Permalink
Mega Bloks got over 50 million from the QC government to upgrade their main factory and sold it to Mattel within the year. Now all those jobs are leaving QC. I have seen this same thing time and again in many industries – there needs to be a moratorium on selling or closing within a certain period of time if there is a sizeable government investment. This is straight up robbing the public, a classic business grift that needs to be stopped.
Chris 12:26 on 2020-01-26 Permalink
Robbing the public? No, it’s straight up government giving our money away. It’s corporate welfare that needs to stop.