Wisconsin-Report

Georgia Pacific Said It Was Closing Its Phillips, Wisconsin Specialty Wood-Products Factory By October 2015.
According to the Associated Press, “Georgia-Pacific is closing its specialty wood-products factory in Phillips, eliminating about
60 jobs by late October.” [Associated Press, 8/29/15]
• Georgia-Pacific Eliminated 60 Jobs With The Closure. According to the Associated Press, “Georgia-Pacific is
closing its specialty wood-products factory in Phillips, eliminating about 60 jobs by late October.” [Associated Press,
8/29/15]
• GP's “Package Of Pay And Benefits At The Plant Totaled $3.5 Million.” According to WAOW.com, “The
spokesman did not know an average hourly wage of the workers losing their jobs, but said the company's package of
pay and benefits at the plant totaled $3.5 million last year.” [WAOW.com, 8/28/15]
Phillips Mayor And Georgia Pacific Plant Employee Charles Peterson Said That The Plant Closing Would Affect
Price County “All The Way Through.” According to WSAW.com, “A Georgia-Pacific spokesperson has confirmed the
closing of its plant in Phillips. Spokesman Eric Abercrombie said Friday that the employees of the plant have been notified of
the closing. The plant, which employs 53 workers, will be closing its doors in October. Abercrombie stressed that the closing
has nothing to do with the employees, but rather with the declining market for the plant’s products. […] Friday, we spoke to
the mayor of Phillips, who also happens to be an employee at the plant. ‘We have people that are from the Park Falls area we
have the people that work from the Lugerville area, I mean Price County is pretty much going to be affected all the way
through,’ said Mayor Charles Peterson.” [WSAW.com, 8/28/15]
Georgia Pacific Cut 89 Jobs From Its Green Bay Paper Mill As It Outsourced Shipping Operations
Georgia Pacific Eliminated 89 Jobs From Its Green Bay Paper Mill As It Outsourced Shipping Operations.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Georgia-Pacific will cut 89 jobs as it outsources the shipping operations at its
Green Bay paper mill, the company said Thursday in a notice to state officials. Being eliminated are 74 lift-truck operator
positions and 15 other jobs. Georgia-Pacific said it expects to cut the jobs in mid April. Workers at the mill produce bath
tissue, napkins and paper towels. About 2,200 people work for Georgia-Pacific in Green Bay, according to the firm's website.”
[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/5/15]
Americans For Prosperity
KOCH NETWORK IN WISCONSIN
AFP-WISCONSIN LAUNCHED IN 2005
Americans For Prosperity-Wisconsin Launched Their Wisconsin Operations In 2005. According to the American’s for
Prosperity Wisconsin Facebook page, the organization was founded in 2005. [Facebook, accessed 1/18/16]
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY WAS FOUNDED BY THE KOCH BROTHERS
Americans For Prosperity’s Founders Were “Billionaire David Koch, And His Brother, Charles Koch.” According to
the Washington Post, “Americans for Prosperity's increasing involvement in races this cycle has caught the attention of the
New Yorker, which earlier this week published a lengthy investigative piece on the organization's co-founder, billionaire David
Koch, and his brother, Charles Koch.” [Washington Post, 8/26/10]
Americans For Prosperity Has Been Loud Conservative Voice Taking On Vulnerable Senate Democrats. According
to NPR, “The loudest voice taking on vulnerable Senate Democrats right now is not the Republican party, but Americans for
Prosperity, a conservative group founded by the billionaire Koch brothers.” [NPR, 3/6/14]
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