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Century Aluminum Shutdown
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NewsandSentinel.com (Parkersburg papers online)
POSTED: February 6, 2009
From staff report
CHARLESTON - A team formed Thursday to
help the hundreds of workers losing their jobs at Century. "When
one West Virginian is hurting, all West Virginians are hurting," Manchin
said...
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NOTE: See original "Letter to the Editor"
from Eli Morris, Local 5668 Grievance Chairman, in response to comments
posted about the above story...
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Steelworkers Say Ravenswood Shutdown
Shows Need for Immediate Economic Stimulus
By Gerald Dickey, 412-562-2281
Pittsburgh – The United Steelworkers
(USW) regret that in spite of all the hard work and effort by the
workers, W.Va. Governor Joe Manchin and management of Century Aluminum
in Ravenswood, W.Va., to keep the plant operating, the union recognizes
with deep regret that the three remaining pot lines cannot continue
operating under this country’s economic meltdown, resulting in a total
of 560 USW members of Local 5668 to be on layoff...
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WSAZ-TV
School Cuts Expected Due to W.Va. Plant
Shutdown
Posted: 11:04 AM Feb 6, 2009
Last Updated: 11:04 AM Feb 6, 2009
Reporter:
Associated Press
Email Address:
anna.baxter@wsaz.com
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. (AP) -- Jackson
County's superintendent says the shutdown of Century Aluminum's plant in
Ravenswood will force the county school system to make cuts in the next
fiscal year...
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WV
Gazette
February 6, 2009
APCO: Rate hikes possible with state
plant's closure
By The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian Power customers could see rate
increases once Century Aluminum closes its Ravenswood plant...
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Jackson Newspapers
BREAKING
NEWS: Century to close
Ravenswood plant
By
Jared Hunt
Wed
Feb 04, 2009, 03:04
PM EST - At 2:32
p.m. this afternoon,
Century Aluminum
announced its
intention to close
their Ravenswood
plant. The closure
and layoff of the
remaining 651 plant
employees will be
completed by
February 20. More
details will be
available in the
Thursday edition of
the Jackson Star
News...
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Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Century Aluminum to shut down operations, company
announces
POSTED: February 4, 2009
Century Aluminum this afternoon announced it will shut
down the remaining plant operations at Ravenswood, affecting more than
650 workers...
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Charleston Daily Mail
Wednesday February 4, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Century Aluminum
posts closure notice for Ravenswood
Daily Mail Business Editor
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. -- Century
Aluminum announced it will immediately begin
shutting down its Ravenswood smelter, with the
layoff of the majority of the plant's remaining
651 employees to be completed by Feb. 20...
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WSAZ-TV
Century Aluminum to Close Ravenswood Plant, 651 Jobs Affected
Posted: 2:57 PM Feb 4, 2009
Last Updated: 7:09 PM Feb 4, 2009
Reporter: Mike
Waterhouse
Email Address:
mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Century Aluminum announced Wednesday that it
is closing its plant in Ravenswood, leaving 651 workers out of a job...
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WCHS-TV
CUTTING JOBS
Century Aluminum Announces Layoffs
Reported by:
Elizabeth Noreika
Videographer: Eyewitness News
Web Producer: Jessica Reed
Updated:
February 4, 2009 6:52pm
According to a press release posted on Century
Aluminum's website, the company will be closing it's Ravenswood
Plant as of February 20th. The shut down will leave 651 workers
without a job...
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PLANT CLOSING
Century Aluminum Closes Shop
Reported by:
Elizabeth Noreika
Web Producer: Elizabeth Noreika
February 4, 2009 10:36pm
The mood was somber among many people in Ravenswood after getting
word the Century Aluminum plant is closing shop.
We spoke with soon to be former employees of the
plant who tell us all they can do now is hope for the best...
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Century announces shut-down of WVa smelter
February 04, 2009 6:34 PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va.
West Virginia's congressional leaders say Century Aluminum's
decision to close its Ravenswood smelter is a sad reality of world
economic conditions...
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WTAP.COM
WTAP News
Posted: 3:04 PM Feb 4, 2009
Last Updated: 6:22 PM Feb 4, 2009
Reporter: Bruce
Layman
Email Address:
bruce.layman@wtap.com
The parent company of Century Aluminum in Ravenswood has announced plans
to end its remaining plant operations at its Ravenswood aluminum smelter
by February 20...
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WV MetroNews
02/04/2009
Governor Manchin On Century Closure
MetroNews
Charleston, Kanawha County
Governor Joe Manchin
has said in the past that West Virginia would not go unscathed in the
current economic downturn.
On Wednesday, that statement rang true when Century Aluminum in
Ravenswood announced it would close its remaining potlines and layoff
over 600 workers by February 20th...
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02/04/2009
'A Big Part of So
Many Lives'
MetroNews, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller's statement on planned Century Aluminum
closure:
“Century Aluminum has been a big part of so many lives. Generations of
hard-working people have made the plant a true fixture in the community,
and they have given it a proud history that spans more than 50 years...
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02/04/2009
Byrd Says Stimulus
Package Could Help Century Workers.
Staff
Washington, D.C.
Senator Robert C.
Byrd, D-W.Va., issued the following statement on the news that Century
Aluminum plans to close its Ravenswood smelter by February 20, 2009:
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the decision by Century Aluminum
officials to close the Ravenswood plant, despite our best efforts. This
decision marks a dark day for working families in Jackson County and the
surrounding area. As this debilitating national and global recession
continues to cost thousands of American jobs each day, and as more
unemployed workers exhaust their health benefits, there should be no
disagreement that the passage of a bold and effective economic stimulus
plan is essential.”...
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