PORT TOWNSEND — Union members have approved a severance package for the 90 bag plant employees to be laid off by Port Townsend Paper Corp. in late December.
The union voted 121-8 last Friday in favor of a severance package produced by the company Nov. 3. The decision came after a single day of talks with the union which represents the workers.
Bag plant workers are represented by Paper Allied Industrial Chemical Energy Workers International Union Local No. 8-0175.
The severance package will provide between 35 and 40 hours of pay per year of service, Port Townsend Paper Vice President of Human Resources Chuck Madison said.
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