Union members still don’t know how many job losses will be absorbed by early retirements or what their options might be if and when their jobs come to an end.
Unlike the steam spewing out of the stacks at Prince George Pulp and Paper, the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the heads of the 300 workers affected by the pending permanent closure of the mill’s pulp line is not dissipating.
He does know that once PG Pulp shuts down some workers from the pulp line will move to Canfor’s adjacent Intercontinental Pulp Mill, bumping some Intercon workers who have less seniority out of their jobs. On Wednesday, Canfor announced the permanent closure of its sawmill in Chetwynd and the indefinite curtailment of its Houston sawmill. Combined, the two closures affect 490 jobs. Although that does have an effect on the supply of residual chips pulp mills rely upon, Canfor reassured workers at its mills in Prince George the closures would not impact pulp operations in Prince George at Intercontinental and Northwood Pulp & Timber or the paper line at P.G. Pulp.
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