Oct 13, 2011. J.D. Irving is closing its Deersdale sawmill near Juniper, New Brunswick on October 28. 65 unionized workers, and 8 staff members, will be on layoff.
J.D. Irving closes Deersdale sawmill in New Brunswick, Canada
Oct 13, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. J.D. Irving is closing its Deersdale sawmill near Juniper, New Brunswick on October 28, as ForestTalk reported.
65 unionized workers, and 8 staff members, will be on layoff. Irving spokeswoman Mary Keith said “Where we have positions to fill in our other operations and a skill set that those employees would have that would match those jobs, we’d be looking to place them there, but at this point it is a layoff for those people.”
The closure is being called indefinite, and is due to a lack of wood supply. Irving is diverting the wood it has available to its other mills in Chipman and Sussex.
Earlier this year, Irving closed its mill in Clair, New Brunswick, laying off 73.
This fall, the New Brunswick government is expected to decide whether it will increase the amount of wood that can be harvested in the province by forestry companies.
