Local Bid in the Works to Purchase RYAM’s Que. Mill

Local bid in the works to purchase RYAM’s Que. mill

A coalition says it’s organizing local managers, workers and First Nations to purchase RYAM’s Témiscaming, Que. mill.

Unifor backs local coalition effort to buy shuttered RYAM mill in Témiscaming

‘We have hope because we know that we’re going to succeed, and that eventually, hopefully, we’ll get the keys to this place, and we can make it a success and rewrite history once again,’ local union leader Stéphane Lefebvre said

Témiscaming, Que. stakeholders making push to acquire idled Rayonier pulp and paper mill

Unifor says unionized workers and First Nation looking to preserve jobs

Quebec Workers and First Nations Push to Buy Mill Back From Its US Owner

Locals in a Quebec border town have made their move on the idled Témiscaming mill as its American owner prepares to decide the company’s future, with more than 400 people out of work since RYAM halted production earlier this month. That is according to Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, which revealed on Friday that […]