Weeks of Operational Shutdown at Welch Foods Plant
INCIDENT
A cyberattack shut down production at Welch Foods Inc. plant in North East on Feb. 2. The plant restarted jam and jelly production lines end of February.
About 50 or 60 employees, who are members of Teamster's Local 397 in Erie, remained on the job throughout February and over 200 employees were laid off.
Incident Date
February 2, 2024
Location
Estimated Cost
Operations down 1 month, 200 employees laid off for 3 weeks
