Pro-Action Centre for Durham Furniture workers
For a long time, workers of Durham Furniture had a looming feeling of worry about the future of their jobs. In January of this year, the workers were downsized from the company. This left many out of work. On 10th Street in Hanover, above Bell World, is a buzzing office of staff awaiting phone calls from unemployed Durham Furniture workers. This place is called the Pro-Action centre.
“It’s a place where people can go for help,” says Doug Frooke, who worked at Durham Furniture for 12 years in the breakout area.
Lynn Cox worked at Durham Furniture. She knows the “unsure feeling” that the workers had, and she’s offering help as a worker at the centre. She says the centre can offer tips and advice to people, and can find talents in a person that they never knew they had, that could help them land a job.
Cox says it’s up to the worker to come in for help. The centre has reached out to who they can, but if you have not been in contact by the centre, it means they have no way of reaching you.
The centre is funded by the government. Whenever there is a significant cutback at a factory or company, the province sets aside money for action centres. These centres help the terminated employees get on their feet and find employment again.
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