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re: Paper Mill in Port Hudson partially shutting down

Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:25 pm to
Posted by tommy2tone1999
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2008
6795 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:25 pm to
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My guess is they’re tired of dealing with the union. Shut it down and run the union off then reopen as a non union plant in a couple, three years. Sucks, but sometimes it’s the only way.



There's always been some serious animosity between union and management at this mill, even before Koch bought G-P. I remember many times when the OSHA safety milestones were reached, management would have BBQ pits set up and managers were serving up steaks to the employees for lunch. Some of the Union hard cases would take their plates and made sure the managers were watching as they threw them untouched into the trash.
Posted by JDHLaw
Member since Jun 2013
1040 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:52 pm to
i worked a shutdown on that mill about 20 years ago or so

best part of that short job was po boys from Sportsmans

and drinking at the Wagon Wheel

This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 8:20 pm
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47538 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 4:53 pm to
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There's always been some serious animosity between union and management at this mill, even before Koch bought G-P. I remember many times when the OSHA safety milestones were reached, management would have BBQ pits set up and managers were serving up steaks to the employees for lunch. Some of the Union hard cases would take their plates and made sure the managers were watching as they threw them untouched into the trash.


Bruh, When GP Management picked that mill for its new premium Quilted Northern product, the union voted AGAINST it.

Know why? They'll sell you a line of bullshite but it was 100% B/C all the operators being assigned to it were getting reclassified and were not given seniority status in the new position, as everyone was being re-trained/tested/assigned.

They threatened a layoff and shutdown so a revote narrowly passed.
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11488 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:03 pm to
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Some of the Union hard cases would take their plates and made sure the managers were watching as they threw them untouched into the trash.


Cutoff your nose to spite your face. Frick this amazing free food! I will show you.
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