Wisconsin-Report

terrorism have made it harder than ever for citizens to find out what dangerous chemicals lurk in their backyards, The
Associated Press has found. Secrecy and shoddy record-keeping have kept the public and emergency workers in the dark
about stockpiles of explosive material. A monthlong reporting effort by the AP, drawing upon public records in 28 states,
found more than 120 facilities within a potentially devastating blast zone of schoolchildren, the elderly and the sick. But how
many others exist nationwide is a mystery, as other states refused to provide data. […] Wisconsin documents showed that the
C. Reiss Coal Co.'s facility had stored tons of ammonium nitrate in a facility in Sheboygan last year. But people would be hard
pressed to use that information when deciding where to buy a home or send their kids to school. That's because state officials
say the facility is inactive and should not have been on the list.” [Associated Press, 5/30/13]
Koch Industries’ Georgia Pacific Laid Off Hundreds Of Workers In Wisconsin,
Offshoring & Outsourcing Most Of Their Jobs, To Benefit Their Bottom Line
GP LAID OFF A QUARTER OF ITS WORKERS AT ITS GREEN BAY PAPER PLANT
& OUTSOURCED THE JOBS TO CHINA, TAIWAN, & CANADA
September 2009: Georgia-Pacific’s First Ever Shipments Of Angel Soft Arrived From South Korea, Taiwan
In Ports Of Portland, Savannah
Georgia Pacific’s First Imported Shipments of Angel Soft Arrived From South Korea In The Port Of Portland On
September 13, 2009, Weighing Over 36,000 Pounds. [ImportGenius Database, Search: Consignee: Georgia Pacific,
Accessed: 6/23/14]
• Shipment Was Followed by Two Shipments Weekly of 26,833.4 Pounds of Angel Soft from South Korea to
Portland. [ImportGenius Database, Search: Consignee: Georgia Pacific, Accessed: 6/23/14]
Georgia Pacific’s First Imported Shipments of Angel Soft from Taiwan Arrived in the Port of Savannah On
September 13, 2009, Weighing Over 26,000 Pounds. [ImportGenius Database, Search: Consignee: Georgia Pacific,
Accessed: 6/23/14]
• Shipment Was Followed by Two Shipments Weekly of 26,833.4 Pounds of Angel Soft from Taiwan to
Savannah. [ImportGenius Database, Search: Consignee: Georgia Pacific, Accessed: 6/23/14]
Shipments Were Imported from Yuen Foong Yu Consumer Products Co, Company Based in Both Taiwan and
Mainland China That Owned Paper and Pulp Interests, Other Assets. [YFY.com, Accessed 6/24/14]
December 2009: Georgia-Pacific Laid Off 158 Employees, A Quarter Of The Workforce, At Plant That
Produces Angel Soft
In Georgia-Pacific Announced It Intended To Lay Off 158 Workers From Its Green Bay Plant, Almost One-Quarter
Of The Plant’s Total Employees. According to the Associated Press, “Georgia-Pacific has told Wisconsin officials it will lay
off almost 160 workers from its papermaking plant in Green Bay. That represents as much as a quarter of the employees there,
who produce napkins, paper towels and bath tissue. Company spokeswoman Mary Jo Malach (MAL'-lik) says she can't
confirm or deny the layoffs until company officials finish meeting with all local employees Friday morning. But in a letter
dated Tuesday, the Atlanta-based company tells the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that 158 workers will
be laid off as of February 2. The company's Web site says the plant has about 600 manufacturing employees.” [Associated
Press, 12/3/09]
• The Company Said The Machine Lines Being Shut Down Were “Outdated.” According to the Appleton
PostCrescent, “Machines being shut down at Georgia-Pacific's Day Street mill are among the most obsolete in the
company, a spokeswoman said. ‘Day Street employees operated these outdated lines as safely and efficiently as
possible,’ Mary Jo Malach, public affairs manager for Green Bay operations, said. ‘They were able to maintain them
better than at any mill in our system. The machines are obsolete.’” [Appleton Post-Crescent, 12/9/09]
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