More than 100 people to lose jobs in Madison printer shutdown


Greater than 100 folks will lose their jobs with the shutdown of a Madison printing plant, in accordance with a discover the agency despatched to the state Division of Workforce Growth and metropolis officers.

The father or mother firm of Sheridan Wisconsin, previously referred to as Webcrafters, cited a “important downturn in enterprise” on the Madison location.

“The corporate will be certain that staff will likely be paid all earned wages and agreed upon advantages on the time of their termination,” the layoff discover learn.

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The corporate stated layoffs will start in April and proceed till the plant totally closes in late June. In response to the layoff discover, 116 employees will lose their jobs — 12 are salaried staff and 104 are hourly.

The Wisconsin State Journal reviews Webcrafters was a family-owned firm relationship again to 1868. It was bought in 2017 by CJK Group, which has printing operations in six international locations.

In response to the newspaper, Webcrafters had about 270 staff on the time of the sale.