NORPAC closing Salem plant, laying off 900 workers

Corn being processed at a NORPAC plant (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Agriculture)

More than 900 workers in Marion County will be left without a job come January, after farmer’s cooperative NORPAC sent a layoff notice to employees of the Salem plant on Wednesday. The layoffs will also impact workers at the cannery in Brooks.

The closure will start on Jan. 12, but seasonal workers will be let go starting this week, according to the worker adjustment…