Mill layoffs create need for action plan.Smooth Rock Falls Rock Falls, city (1990 pop. 9,654), Whiteside co., NW Ill., on the Rock River opposite Sterling; inc. 1867. It is an industrial center in a farm region with corn, soybeans, cattle, and hogs. Electronic equipment, feeds, and plastics are manufactured. has not felt the effects of planned layoffs at a Tembec's kraft pulp mill A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber source into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. in the community, although the town intends to establish an adjustment committee and hire a consultant by next year, says the mayor of the community. According to Mayor Rejeanne Demeules, the company has only laid off 11 of the 53 workers that are expected to be laid off by May of next year. Demeules says that Tembec has reassured the town of close to 10,000 residents that Tembec intends to keep the facility open in the future and is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of restructuring in order to fight high fibre prices and the increasing cost of environmental regulation on the industry. Tembec has already taken initiative and set up a program to aid in retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train workers to deal with the impact of the layoffs. By January 2005, council will have established an adjustment committee made up of volunteers from the community who will assist the community who will assist the community in dealing with the losses, as well as help in finding a secondary industry for the one-industry town. Council is also seeking to hire a consultant to help deal with the challenges the community will face ahead. BY JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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