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While Monday's nationwide boycott by immigrants affected many Indiana cities, many Warsaw businesses seemed to be unscathed.
"Maybe in larger cities the relationships with employees are not as good," said Ron Truex, Creighton Brothers. "Maybe that's because the employees don't feel like they are part of something. Locally, we have a great relationship with our employees.
"A lot of our employees have been here almost 20 years. Our group is loyal to the company and the company feels loyal to them."
According to Truex, no unplanned absences were recorded at the company Monday.
"We didn't have an issue," Truex said. "For us it has been a regular day. We have had nothing beyond regular scheduled days off."
Truex said the company did discuss Monday's "Day Without Immigrants" with employees before problems arose.
"We heard rumors about this about a month ago," he said. "We visited with employees over the last few weeks and talked about it. A few scheduled today off. We told them if they felt strongly about it, to let us know. The majority are here today."
Two other local companies made scheduling adjustments to avoid possible conflicts Monday.
"Due to logistical reasons, we decided to close a portion of our facilities today and run on alternative dates," said Janel Deatsman, Maple Leaf Farms.
The Maple Leaf facility buildings in production Monday reported no unusual absences, Deatsman said.
"In the facilities we have running today, absences are minimal," Deatsman said. "There are no more than usual."
As for employees who missed work Monday, Deatsman said, "we will handle it with the regular HR policy."
Kralis Brothers Foods Inc. did not schedule production Monday and avoided any problems that could have came up.
"We decided to schedule no production," said Mike Parker of Kralis Brothers. "With our schedule, it worked to schedule the day off so it would have a minimal effect.
"That way if our employees wanted to take part they could, and if not, that was ok, too."
Local companies that are part of a corporation such a McDonald's and Bob Evans were not allowed to comment on the boycott or the effect on their business Monday.
