BY IAN CROUCH
The meat workers union is reassuring 1000 workers at the Baiada chicken processing plant at Beresfield their jobs are safe.
A letter from the company to farmers last month hinted at the possible closure of the plant as one option being considered in the future rationalisation of production in the wake of the COVID pandemic.
Union secretary, Justin Smith says the Beresfield factory will not close any time soon.
Baiada won approval for a huge processing plant at Tamworth last year which could replace some or all of the output from Beresfield, but the company has not made a final investment decision on whether to proceed with the new facility.
