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USW paper workers ratify agreement with KPS to ensure future of mill

By StarJournal
May 6, 2013
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United Steelworkers (USW) members at Wausau Paper’s Rhinelander and Mosinee mills and the Thilmany mill in Kaukauna today ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with KPS Capital Partners in anticipation of the private equity firm successfully creating the largest specialty paper company in North America.

“We are proud of the leadership that our local unions have shown in bringing their respective memberships together to ratify this important deal in the specialty paper sector,” said USW President Leo W. Gerard. “This particular piece of the industry still has enormous growth potential and has long been in need of a new strategic vision to capitalize on that opportunity.”

USW local 2-00015 and local 01778 represent the workers at the Rhinelander mill. USW local 2-00221 and local 2-00316 represent workers at the Mosinee mill. USW local 2-00020 represents workers at the Kaukauna mill. This agreement represents a new beginning for about 1,400 paper workers at the three mills.

“The overwhelming vote makes a powerful statement about how our members are committed to ensuring the long-term viability of these plants,” said USW International Vice President Jon Geenen, who heads the union’s paper sector.

“Moreover, these negotiations serve as a model and reminder of the value of working hard together to solve problems in ways that workers, investors and communities all win.”

The new four-year agreement protects workers’ interests and enables KPS to harness the hard work ethic and dedication of these highly skilled workers. The agreement includes wage increases, benefit improvements and locks in retirement security.

Earlier this year, USW had been in discussions with KPS about the possibility of a deal that would create a new specialty paper company that would invest in the mills; prime itself for growth in the specialty paper market; be able to compete in the world market; provide good, family-supporting jobs and ensure the economic vitality of the communities where the mills are located. The USW works hard to ensure good-paying, manufacturing jobs stay in America.

The USW is the largest industrial union in North America and has 850,000 members in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. The union represents workers employed in metals, rubber, chemicals, paper, oil refining, atomic energy and the service sector.

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