PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 21, 2023
Unionized workers at the Sappi paper mill in Westbrook have agreed to a new three-year contract that includes 3 percent raises and a $3,800 bonus, union leaders announced Friday. The new contract for 100 members of the United Steelworkers Local 1069 was finalized after only a week of negotiations between management and the union. The Westbrook Sappi mill has about 200 employees, Rondeau said. Papermaking on the site dates back to the S.D. Warren Company in the 1850s. “Westbrook is successful in a very challenging industry,” said Ron Rondeau, a 40-year mill employee and president of the union local.. “Our products are exported all around the world.”