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Job fair held Thursday for workers affected by Crofton pulp mill closure

Domtar is hosting a job fair in North Cowichan on Thursday to help Crofton pulp mill workers affected by the mill’s permanent ...
Post and Courier

Georgetown businesses are helping mill workers get through the holidays. Here's how.

GEORGETOWN — Armed with 800 pounds of turkey and 200 pounds of ham, Trevor Day is ready for the holidays. The owner of Buzz’s Roost on Front Street wants to help International Paper mill workers get ...

Union wants laid-off Crofton mill workers to get federal support

Federal money aimed at supporting softwood lumber workers should go toward an early-retirement fund for members who will be ...
Post and Courier

Hundreds of Georgetown mill workers lose their jobs; some companies want to hire them.

GEORGETOWN — A campaign is underway to help hundreds of International Paper workers find new jobs as the Georgetown paper mill prepares to close in the coming weeks. The Oct. 31 announcement that the ...
The Spokesman-Review

A mill town lost its mill. What is it now?

CANTON, N.C. — The first thing the mill workers noticed on what they later deemed “Black Monday” was the series of dark SUVs pulling up near the paper mill, at the heart of Canton, North Carolina. The ...
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Former Red River Mill workers react to mill’s coming closure

CAMPTI, La. (KALB) - International Paper‘s Red River Mill in Campti will close its doors in April, a move that will impact many workers and the local community. KALB spoke with retired workers from ...