Gorham Paper and Tissue Announce Layoffs

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/01/gorham-paper-and-tissue-announce-layoffs/

By NH Labor | January 4, 2014

Yesterday news agencies throughout the state announced that Gorham Paper and Tissue would be ‘restructuring’ and are being forced to lay off workers.

NHPR reports:
“Gorham Paper and Tissue, the town’s largest employer, is temporarily cutting back operations, a move that will lead to 20 to 50 employees losing their jobs.

The company says other employees will see week-long layoffs.”

The Union Leader reports:
“This is a temporary move to get us through the winter, until natural gas prices come back down to their seasonal norms in the spring,” said (GPT CEO Mike) Cummings.

The temporary layoffs are a result in a spike in natural gas prices. Cummings told state officials in an email obtained by the Concord Monitor, “We can’t run paper machines when production costs exceed prices for our products.”

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[Laelth]

1. k&r for labor. n/t

-Laelth

[CatholicEdHead]

2. And bring the laid off empolyees back as contractors

in the spring when it warms up.