Longview mill gives workers unwanted vacation

By Associated Press Published: Oct 30, 2009 at 1:15 PM PST
Longview mill gives workers unwanted vacation
FILE - In this March 17, 2008 file photo, workers load a truck with rolls of newly produced recycled paper at The Weyerhaeuser Co. Hueneme Paper Mill in Oxnard, Calif.

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) - Weyerhaeuser Co. says it will shut down its Longview lumber mill from Nov. 16 through Thanksgiving because of slow market conditions.

Company spokesman Anthony Chavez tells The Daily News of Longview that Weyerhaeuser often shuts down for a week or two during the holidays to cut inventory when lumber demand is slow.

He said Thursday the mill's 215 employees can file for unemployment.

The company last curtailed the Longview mill for three weeks around Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.

 

 

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