Vertis employees protest closing

Former employees of the now shuttered Vertis Communications plant in Stevensville took to the streets in Niagara Falls Saturday to demonstrate their frustrations.

About 100 employees lost their jobs when the American company filed for bankruptcy in the United States. In opposition to provincial law the workers did not receive termination pay, severance pay, or pension termination pay.

Workers and union members were in Niagara Falls to protest what they say is the federal government’s lack of response to their issue, and the issue of American companies that operate in Canada and shirk their responsibilities to Canadian law.