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There’ll Be 100 – 150 Jobs At The Rebuild Of Volney’s Ethanol Plant, But Will The Jobs Be Union Or Non-Union?

A company’s announcement that it will rebuild the ethanol facility in Volney that Sunoco bought from bankrupt Northeast Biofuels left a couple of questions.  Among them – will the company use union labor, as Northeast Biofuels did?  A company official got us answers to our questions.

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Schumer Vows To Fight For Birds Eye Plant, Jobs

US Senator Charles Schumer vows to do everything he can to keep the Fulton Birds Eye plant open and protect the 300 jobs there. He is surrounded by several of the plnat's employees and legislators from the Fulton area.

It’s been a mainstay in Fulton for years, and Sen. Charles Schumer today (Jan. 11) told workers at the Birds Eye plant that he’d do everything he could to make sure it stays that way. There has been no indication one way or the other what the new owner’s plans might be, according to Eduardo Jofre, business representative for Local 1822 of Workers United at the Fulton plant.

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