2009-04-20 09:11:28
Employees at Bowater Mersey Paper Company are heading back to work on today following a five-week shutdown. So far though, Union officials aren't commenting until they get more information about what's happening with the Queens county plant. Today is the end of the plant's second five-week shut down in the past five months. The parent company, AbibitBowater Inc. is seeking bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada. A 51/49-percent partnership with the Washington Post exempts the Brooklyn property from bankruptcy proceedings. Union leaders have told CBC they have no idea whether the separation from the current action will benefit the local mill in the long term. A shutdown at the mill would affect more than 500 jobs in the region.
