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Company spokesperson Bonny Skene said Thursday that the mill will be shut down in phases beginning next week. The sawmill will stop operating by Oct. 31, followed by the planner operation by about Dec. 18, she said. That means about 50 workers will be off the job before November, and another 50 workers laid off before Christmas. The entire facility will be winterized by the end of the year, Skene said. Lumber workers at the Ear Falls‘ plant had their worst fears confirmed in August, just a week after they returned to the job after a four-month layoff. The company announced then, that it would be shutting the operation down indefinitely due to the prolonged slump in U.S. demand for softwood lumber. Though the company is to continue managing the Crown-owned Trout Lake Forest – the mill‘s major source of wood – logging operations will also stop, affecting an undetermined number of contract workers. Ear Falls Mayor Ron Bergman has said he hopes that most people will “take advantage of employment insurance” and wait around to see if the mill is able to reopen next spring. “The question is: How long will it take for the market to come back? That‘s what it‘s all about when you‘re running a sawmill,” he said. Skene said the idling of the Ear Falls mill won‘t affect operations at Domtar‘s Dryden pulp mill, which employs 330 people. Top of Page |
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September 2, 2010, 8:22 am |