Bays English Muffins Bakery In Detroit To Close; 50 Workers To Be Laid Off

An English muffin bakery in Detroit is being shut down in a move that will cost 50 workers their jobs.

Bays Bakery, at 8330 W. Chicago Road on the city's near west side, will be permanently closed Jan. 2, according to a notice filed with the state by Bimbo Bakeries USA Corp., based in Horsham Township, Pa.

Machine operators, maintenance workers, sanitation workers and supervisors are among those impacted. Some are represented by the union BCTGM (Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers) Local 326, which has an office in Allen Park.

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