Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Sask. hit hard by big PotashCorp layoffs

By Lisa Goudy


There was no good news on Tuesday for 440 Saskatchewan PotashCorp workers.

On Tuesday, PotashCorp announced it will lay off 18 per cent of its international workforce or 1,045 people. Of those, the Saskatoon-based company will lay off 440 people in Saskatchewan, which is 42 per cent of the total workers affected by the layoffs.

“It’s truly a global business and as such, we depend on demand and demand growth from around the world,” said Bill Johnson, senior director of public affairs for PotashCorp.

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