Gildan Activewear told employees at its textile facilities at Valleyfield, near Montreal, and Bombay, N.Y. that operations at these facilities will be reduced to a five-day work week, starting in August 2006. Gildan is currently ramping up a state-of-the-art textile facility in the Dominican Republic to full capacity.
The Canadian and U.S. facilities will continue to manufacture fabric for fleece and sport shirts, as well as for a T-shirt sewing facility in Mexico, but 60 positions at Valleyfield and Bombay are expected to be eliminated.
