Three months after announcing its decision to leave the island after 50 years of operations, Bumble Bee has hired San Diego-based Heritage Global Partners to auction off the assets of the former plant in Mayagüez, on Sept. 12 and 13. The sale will be conducted over the phone and online.
The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded three National Emergency Grants totaling more than $4.1 million to the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources that will assist more than 750 workers affected by recent plant closures and resulting layoffs in Puerto Rico.
The Bumble Bee tuna cannery in Mayagüez will be closing its operation after 50 years of doing business in Puerto Rico, leaving about 260 people jobless, News is my Business learned.