Lower Mainland manufacturer to close and lay off over 170, citing tariff uncertainty: Unifor
DELTA — Canada’s largest private sector union claims a furniture manufacturer south of Vancouver is prepared to lay off more than 170 people and shift Canadian operations to the U.S.
According to a statement from Unifor, the ready-to-assemble furniture manufacturer Prepac is poised to terminate more than 170 jobs and move industrial operations to its North Carolina facility.
“Our union has been warning about lost investment and production since Trump began his economic war on Canada and Canadian workers,” said Unifor national president Lana Payne. “In this case, Prepac and its equity owners are using the tariffs as an excuse to redirect all their production to the US. It’s pure greed.”
Unifor says Prepac was founded in Canada 45 years ago and locally owned until the firm was sold to a private equity firm in 2019. A fourth building in Delta was acquired by the company in 2020 to accommodate growth. The North Carolina facility was only opened in 2021.
