Category: Workforce

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/01/2014) [CONGRESS] – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI-D) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues have demanded a delay in the planned consolidation of up to 82 U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail processing facilities.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/28/2014) [MANUFACTURING] – NewPage Corporation (NewPage) has announced that its Stevens Point specialty paper mill achieved recognition as a 2014 Green Masters Award winner, joining an exclusive group of leading Wisconsin companies being recognized by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council for significant and ongoing sustainability practices.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/14/2014) [WORKFORCE-Updated] United States Postal workers are protesting at 150 locations as part of a National Day of Action to send a message to the Postmaster General and the USPS Board of Governors. The Union claims scheduled closings of distribution centers will cause job loss and slow down mail processing.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/11/2014) [SHOPPING] Shopko announces that its stores will be open for extended hours beginning Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27 through Friday, November 28.  Special store hours and pricing will be available at the retailer’s Shopko and Shopko Hometown stores and on Shopko.com. Shopko stores will be open from 7 am to 1 pm on Thanksgiving Day for shoppers wanting to beat the rush or pick up their last minute needs for their Thanksgiving feast. The stores will re-open for Black Friday at 6 pm on Thanksgiving night and remain open until 11 pm Friday, November 28. Over 850 items will be featured at Shopko store locations at door buster

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/28/2014) – NewPage Holdings Inc. (NewPage) says net sales during the 3rd quarter of 2014 improved by millions of dollars over last year. Net sales in the third quarter of 2014 were $796 million compared to $780 million in the third quarter of 2013.