A St. Paul-based cleansing firm will lay off not less than 219 workers after shedding a serious contract with Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport.

The workers of Marsden Bldg. Upkeep, who’ve been primarily based out of Terminal 1, shall be laid off by Dec. 31, based on a public discover issued by the state Division of Employment and Financial Improvement. The positions vary from normal cleaner to administrative supervisor and account supervisor.

Marsden, which operates out of not less than 10 regional hubs all through the nation, maintains places of work at 1717 College Ave. W. in St. Paul.

Following a request for proposals, the board of the Metropolitan Airports Fee not too long ago chosen Flagship Airport Providers of South Lake, Texas as its services cleaner. On the similar time, the board adopted a employee retention technique aimed toward preserving the vast majority of employees on location, based on a MAC spokesman.

“We anticipate that lots of the laid off employees can have job alternatives with the incoming janitorial contractor at MSP Airport,” wrote Marsden Human Sources Supervisor Lisa Signorelli, in a letter to DEED.

Lots of the workers are represented by the Service Worker Worldwide Union, SEIU Native 26, which has been notified of the pending layoffs, she wrote. Nevertheless, the affected workers don’t have bumping rights, which means they can’t take an present worker’s job throughout the firm.