More than 70 get lay-off notices at Canadian mill

More than 70 at the Catalyst Crofton pulp and paper mill have gotten lay-off notices, the Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle reported.

The mill is located in British Columbia, Canada.

Travis Gregson, president of Unifor Local 1132, which represents some of the around 570 workers at the mill, said the mill’s newsprint and package grading machines were stopped last week, the paper reported.

Company officials had no comment by press time, the paper reported.

Gregson said the work stoppage is expected to last about two weeks, but management gave no fixed date for when the machines will fire up again.

He said the stoppage is linked to the decline in demand in newsprint globally and the trade war with China, among other factors, the paper reported.

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