*Rapid Response team will schedule sessions and apply for Trade assistance*
Bucksport, Maine - The Rapid Response team of the Maine Department of Labor has contacted the owners of Verso Paper Corp. in Bucksport. The WARN notification will be issued today with an anticipated closure date of December 1, 2014. The power plant will stay open. This shut down is anticipated to affect more than 400 union workers and an additional 100-plus salaried employees."This is a true loss for the region," said Governor Paul R. LePage. "We are putting all of our available resources into assisting these workers, this industry and this region and we are also going to assist in the search for a buyer for this operation."
The Rapid Response team will be meeting with the union and company officials as soon as possible
