DERBY — The Vermont Department of Labor has confirmed that 36 people employed at the Louis Garneau USA facility in Derby are set to lose their jobs this week.
Louis Garneau, a company that specializes in cycling and triathlon apparel and gear, had no comment on the layoffs.
The Derby facility houses the production, distribution, marketing, sales, and administration activities of Louis Garneau USA, and sits on a piece of land located on Route 5 that Garneau purchased in 2011.
The Vermont Department of Labor office in Newport says they are working with the company to help employees who are being laid off, but are not sure yet if those workers were full-time employees or not.
The Derby facility, totaling 60,000 square feet, was an 8 million dollar investment the company made to stay in Vermont, moving from a factory in Newport which opened in 1989, to Derby in 2013.
The factory is capable of employing 120 people.
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Yes, all but 2 are full time employees, we were notified that the entire production floor will be shut down, the building will be just a warehouse,offices and the store. Yet the production will continue in Mexico , China , and Canada. Some of the workers losing there jobs have more than 20 years of employment with the company.
Worse thing about this lay off is that the women who have been there production crew for all these yrs are all 55 or older. How can they compete with the younger work force. I bet it will be difficult for them. So remember employers that there is a great group of women coming into the work force who are able n willing to do a great job for any one of you.