"Yes, we are making additional workforce reductions in American Samoa to make our facility as globally competitive as possible," spokeswoman Mary Sestric told IntraFish.
"While efforts are now in process to stimulate total economic growth for American Samoa in the near future, currently, excess global manufacturing capacity, annual increases in the minimum wage and constantly shifting cost pressures combine to put the American Samoan tuna industry at significant and immediate risk and prevent it from remaining globally competitive," she said.
"These reductions will amount to approximately 350 salaried and hourly positions combined and will be occurring over the next several months."
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