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May 11, 2012

NW wood products businesses hiring as optimism slowly grows

  • 'The comeback is ever so slow, but we are coming back'
    • By ERIC MORTENSON
    The Oregonian

    WILLAMINA, Ore. — International markets didn't register a ripple, but on April 9 Arnie Swan drove 25 minutes from his home and reported to work at Boise Cascade's veneer plant.

    He's a new hire, not a worker called back from one of the layoffs and shutdowns that have dogged the wood products industry for a generation. His is one of two added positions at the plant. And in the past year the company replaced six other workers who retired, rather than let the positions go dark.


     
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