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Oct 17, 2023

Mass layoff at Elgin Plywood mill averted as Boise Cascade solves wood chip crisis

Vapor trails through the morning air in October 2020 at Boise Cascade’s plywood plant in Elgin. The company sent out public notice of an impending mill-wide layoff at the Elgin plant on Wednesday,

Vapor trails through the morning air in October 2020 at Boise Cascade’s plywood plant in Elgin. The company sent out public notice of an impending mill-wide layoff at the Elgin plant on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, through a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, but the long-term layoff was averted, according to mill officials.

ELGIN — Boise Cascade avoided an all-employee layoff at the Elgin Plywood mill after resolving a wood chip scare earlier this month.

The company sent out public notice of an impending mill-wide layoff at the Elgin plant Wednesday, Aug. 16, through a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. The letter forecasted the layoff to be long term, starting on or before Oct. 14, but didn’t include any information on why the mill’s operations were to be suspended.

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