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plant. The United Steelworkers, in a news releasde Wednesday, said it will protest the headquarters of on Friday demanding thecompany “bargain fairly with employees over the termws of their labor agreement rathet than unilaterally implementing changes.” The mill shut down on May 9 when Pope Talbot, the bankrupt Portland-based paper products company (Pink PTBTQ), transitioned from Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidatiomn proceedings. On June 20, Wayzata Investment Partners made awinning $31.154 million cash bid for the mill in the seconed of two bankruptcy auctions.
The investment firm, with $5 billionn under management, created Cascade Pacific Pulp as a whollt owned subsidiary to run the The mill resumed operations onJune 27, but the union said longtims workers were fired and made to reapply for theirr jobs. Their wages were then slashed by 12 percenrt to 28 percent and employees were forcee to pay upto $3,000 for deductibles and up to $10,000 in out-of-pocket expenses to retain familyu health insurance, the union A person answering the phone at Wayzatas Investment Partner’s Minnesota headquarters declined to answetr questions Wednesday.
The union members — joine d by cohorts from Minnesota locals will protest atthe company’s offices at noon on Friday to seek a meetinh with managing partner Patrick “If we have no other way of makingb contact with absentee owners like Wayzata Investment we have to go to Jim Gourley, financial secretary for USW Localp 1189 in Halsey, said in the news
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