IKEA's Swedwood Danville, VA, site manager Ken Brown responded to questions raised by a recent LA Times article about working conditions at the plant.
According to an article from the Danville Register & Bee, Brown said that the picture being painted about the companyâs treatment of its workers is not âthe Swedwood he knows.â While acknowledging difficulties with getting the company â which opened in 2008 â up and running, he says those issues have been acknowledged and the company is moving forward.
The local paper also reported that the median pay for Swedwood Danville workers is $15.19 an hour and only five employees receive the starting $8 an hour pay. Editorâs Note: WoodWorkingNetwork contacted IKEA Swedwood for additional comments, but the company had not responded by time of this posting.