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North Carolina Workers Haunted by Years of Weyerhaeuser Asbestos Exposure.
Byline: Anne Saker
Apr. 21--PLYMOUTH, N.C.--The snowstorm swirled around Grover Barber and Mack Henry Leggett, spotting their clothes with flecks of paper and bits of insulation. The boilers roared, the turbines howled, and the dust fell everywhere, twinkling in the lights, settling, stirring back up again. The sun could shine and the rain could pour on Plymouth, but inside the town's paper mill on the banks of the Roanoke River, every day brought a snowstorm.
Though that day in 1982 was like most others at the mill, Barber remembered that particular snowstorm because of something his old friend Leggett said. They stood together watching men on ladders ...
- Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Gives $15,000 Grant To North Carolina Center...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 25, 2001 700+ words
...the Future of Eastern North Carolina." Weyerhaeuser employees from the...Michelle Cook, Weyerhaeuser's North Carolina Government Affairs...grants approved by Weyerhaeuser's North Carolina External Affairs Council...
- Weyerhaeuser's 'Cool Springs' Recognized by Audubon Society As an Important...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 24, 2000 700+ words
...recognized Weyerhaeuser's "Cool...IBA) in North Carolina. A ceremony...Golder. Weyerhaeuser is pleased...recognized in North Carolina. The technical...activities. Weyerhaeuser came to North Carolina in 1957 and...
- North Carolina Workers Haunted by Years of Weyerhaeuser Asbestos Exposure.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 21, 2002 700+ words
...asbestos has caused. Weyerhaeuser, based in Federal Way...largest companies. In North Carolina, Weyerhaeuser owns more than 500,000...decide them. Officials for Weyerhaeuser in North Carolina and Washington state declined...
- Weyerhaeuser to reconfigure North Carolina wood products facility.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 18, 1997 700+ words
...modernize existing North Carolina lumber operations...raw material. Weyerhaeuser owns and manages...across 26 eastern North Carolina counties. The...next 20 years. Weyerhaeuser currently operates...facilities in North Carolina. In addition...
- Edwards, Permenter Appointed To Leadership Positions For Weyerhaeuser's North...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 24, 2001 700+ words
...May 24, 2001 Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY...two senior North Carolina business managers...manager of Weyerhaeuser's large Pulp...Permenter is North Carolina lumber operations...New Bern. Weyerhaeuser formed External...
- Weyerhaeuser Closes North Carolina Containerboard Machine.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 8, 2002 700+ words
...WIRE)--May 8, 2002 Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) today...containerboard machine at Plymouth, North Carolina effective immediately...operations. Last year, Weyerhaeuser announced the permanent...meeting today with investors, Weyerhaeuser said that it anticipates...
- Controversial Lawyer Leads North Carolina Weyerhaeuser Workers' Asbestos Case.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 22, 2002 700+ words
...for combat before the North Carolina Industrial Commission...is at stake in the Weyerhaeuser cases -- for the men from the Eastern North Carolina town of Plymouth...companies: Duke Energy and Weyerhaeuser. The state's soaring...
- Weyerhaeuser. (Eastern).(announces layoffs at Plymouth, North Carolina,...
- Magazine article from: Business North Carolina April 1, 2003 700+ words
PLYMOUTH -- Federal Way, Wash.-based Weyerhaeuser laid off about 13% of the work force at its paper mill here. The cuts, scheduled to be completed by the end of March, left the mill with 1,135 workers. The company blamed foreign competition.
