IP workers get extra aid

January 13, 2010

Federal assistance extended

By Charlie Passut | Tidewater News

Published Saturday, December 26, 2009

FRANKLIN—The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday that it has approved Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits to the 1,100 workers who will be affected by the closure of the International Paper Co. paper mill.

“It is wonderful news,” Franklin Mayor Jim Councill said Thursday. “Our congressional delegation has worked very hard for this and I am very appreciative of their efforts.”

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