— A shuttered call centre in Cape Breton came back to life Wednesday, weeks after its previous owner abruptly closed the facility and tossed hundreds of people out of work just before the holiday season. Workers showing up for their 9:30 a.m. shifts filed into the newly minted Sydney Call Centre Inc., the site of the former ServiCom centre that closed without notice on Dec. 6. Marlowe Companies Inc. said earlier this week that more than 450 people have already applied for positions at the Sydney Call Centre. The starting wage for newly hired workers will increase to $12 per hour from $11 per hour. Most of the workers were owed about four weeks in back pay, a liability that Marlowe’s company said rests with ServiCom.

Source: National Post January 02, 2019 11:38 UTC