published Friday, November 30th, 2012

Georgia Pacific closing Chattanooga plant, 60 workers laid off

CHATTANOOGA — Dozens of workers in Chattanooga learned this week they were out of a job just weeks before Christmas.

Georgia Pacific's Millennium Packaging Solutions plant in Chattanooga is closing on East 14th Street and Holtzclaw as workers worry about good-paying manufacturing jobs becoming ever more scarce.

Georgia Pacific notified all of its employees at Millennium Packaging Solutions Thursday that they'd no longer have a job here. Friday, its around 60 employees are coming in for individual meetings to find out exactly when their paychecks will stop coming.

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