Longview mill gives workers unwanted vacation

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.

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Story Published: Oct 30, 2009 at 1:15 PM PST

Story Updated: Oct 30, 2009 at 1:15 PM PST

By Associated Press

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.

 

 

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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