Workers returning to Windsor Salt after warm winter idles plant | CBC News

One of the largest road salt producers in the Great Lakes region is restarting after the operation was idled in April because of a warm winter. 

About 80 percent of employees are returning to work at Windsor Salt, according to a company spokesperson in a statement. 

There were 150 people laid off when the operation was idled in April because of a reduced demand for salt. 

"The key factor to this decision has been unfavourable weather conditions leading to soft customer demand," said a spokesperson for Morton Salt at the time.

Morton Salt owns the operation that produces road salt and table salt.

A union spokesperson declined to comment on the restart of the mine which the company said started on August 12.