Photos: Thousands rally to try to keep Kimberly NewPage mill open [Appleton Post-Crescent]
KIMBERLY — NewPage Corp. workers won’t go quietly when their paper mill shuts down Monday, and Saturday they, their families, friends and community showed they aren’t ready to give up the fight.
A crowd of well over 3,000 people, from elderly in wheelchairs to young parents pushing babies in strollers, descended on Memorial Park to demonstrate “Papermaker Pride” and lend their support in the shadow of the big blue building that means so much to Kimberly…
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U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, said he will take those signatures to the International Trade Commission when he testifies Oct. 2. Kagen told the crowd NewPage’s shutdown is an example of corporate greed and unfair and unbalanced trade deals that have been sending U.S. jobs overseas. “We’re only here today because of a failed trade policy.”
Kagen is also one of four Wisconsin members of Congress to request a meeting with John Snow, chairman of Cerberus Capital Management, NewPage’s owner, to discuss the closing and potential buyers…
