stora enso plans for competition.Stora Enso
Market in which supply overwhelms demand, leading to weak and lower prices. conditions. The program agreed to by the workers' council A workers' council is a deliberative assembly, composed of working class or proletarian members, intended to facilitate workers' self-management or workers' control. Unlike a trade union, in a workers' council the workers are assumed to be in actual control of the workplace, rather will follow stages during 2003-2006 and include: * Reorganization of the entire mill including a reduction of 160-170 employees by 2006 * Variable-cost reduction plan to improve productivity and efficiency of assets * Investment in Paper Machine Number 5 raising annual capacity by 55,000 metric tons to 305,000 metric tons of lightweight coated magazine paper (LWC LWC Lindsey Wilson College (Kentucky) LWC Liquid Water Content LWC Lightweight Coated paper LWC Language of Wider Communication LWC Lincoln-Way Central LWC Lost Workday Case LWC Leave Word Calling LWC Light Weight Concrete ) in 2004 as already announced in December 2002. In related news: Stora Enso, North America (SE-NA), Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Wisconsin Rapids is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,435 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wood County.GR6 , USA jointly announced with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Joint Group (PACE) Locals 94, 116, 187, 359, and 1306 that the PACE membership voted to accept a Workplace Competitiveness proposal with SE-NA. The proposal includes: * Introduction of practice flexibility concepts taking advantage of employees working in more effective ways * A voluntary early retirement program for PACE members * A PACE Performance Recognition Plan or gain sharing program. |
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