IP to shut Louisiana plant, 550 workers affected
In August, IP completed the $6 billion purchase of Weyerhaeuser’s containerboard packaging segment. The sale IP management announced Nov. 21 it would indefinitely shut down the Bastrop, La., pulp mill due to a continuing decline in demand and global economic weakness. This comes a week after the company announced it would shut
down one paper machine at its mill in Franklin, Va. USW Vice President Jon Geenen said, “The USW is in bargaining with management at these plants and is fighting for a fair severance agreement for union workers at IP who are being affected in these difficult economic times.”
Weyerhauser locals meet in Nashville
Weyerhauser local unions participated in a special meeting in Nashville Sept. 17-18. Weyerhauser was purchased by IP in August 2008. Local unions had a presentation on the IP Union Conference’s building power plan called “Common Goals, New Beginnings.”
Members talked extensively about joining fellow IP locals in the building power program. Weyerhauser workers voiced support for the plan. They bring a lot of experience to the table, and are looking forward to increased solidarity with IP locals through the IP Union Conference.
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When the USWA and the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) International Union merge on April 14, 2005 we formed the largest industrial union in North America under the banner of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW). Our union has more than 850,000 active members in over 8,000 bargaining units. The combined union is
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