9-18: ConAgra to lay off 300 at damaged Slim Jim plant
The plant had been the only facility to manufacture Slim Jims at the time of the explosion, but some of the production has been shifted to another facility in Ohio, which has hired 50 people to accommodate the extra work. The packaging, which was the part of the Garner plant that was damaged, is being done by a third party. The layoffs are due to take affect in mid-November. The plant employs 750 people. The company will also stop paying workers there guaranteed 40-hour paychecks, paying them instead based on actual hours worked.