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Workers recalled at SRI

That didn't last long.

About 150 workers at SRI Homes in Lake Country will be returning to work Monday just two weeks after being handed layoff notices.

The company, that builds homes at its plant in Lake Country, laid off about 50 workers in January and the remaining 150 two weeks ago.

Plant GM, Jim Stevenson, expects those workers laid-off in January will also be recalled soon.

"We're moving into our busy season so as the province of BC opens up for construction so do we," says Stevenson.

Normally, Stevenson says layoffs occur earlier in the year in December, January or February.

"We had some commercial orders that carried us. Other plants had shut down for virtually all of January, February and March and we were able to stay in full production until the end of January."

Stevenson says 50 workers were laid-off at the end of January allowing the plant to 'limp along at that level' until the 15th of April.

He says once everyone is back to work he expects to hire more staff to cover attrition and summer vacations.

"That's when demand is at the highest and obviously vacation demand is highest as well. Normally we hire 30, 40 people moving into the late spring, early summer."



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