More details regarding additional layoffs at Potlatch are expected Friday. Today Mike Birkeland, Potlatch communications manager for the Minnesota region, confirmed a union vote Wednesday by the two locals, 79 and 164...

Potlatch is in the process of talking to salaried employees this week in regard to anticipated job cuts. Mike Birkeland, Potlatch communications manager based in Cloquet, confirmed the company is meeting with salaried workers individually...

...future. Photos "We're in the process right now negotiating with unions for Brainerd and Cloquet mills," said Mike Birkeland, Potlatch spokesman. "We do know there will be additional work force reductions on the hourly side. Now it's...

...will mean to area jobs is still under review. Potlatch employs about 650 to 700 people at its Brainerd operation. Mike Birkeland, Potlatch communications manager, said there are no specifics at this time, but a report is expected in early...

...management for a package that included an early retirement plan. "We presented an offer and it was voted down," said Mike Birkeland, Potlatch communications manager in Minnesota. PACE union officials at Local 79 and Local 164 released a statement...

...the mill's paper processing equipment, caused the incident. By Thursday afternoon, the equipment was replaced. Mike Birkeland, Potlatch spokesman, said steam from the air compressor actually extinquished the flame before the fire department...

...be reviewed. "Each operation will assess staffing levels within the hourly workforce in the near future," said Mike Birkeland, Potlatch communications manager based at the regional headquarters in Cloquet. "What the effect will be at this...

...plant also scheduled a production shutdown for two weeks this year during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Mike Birkeland, Potlatch spokesman, said cost reduction efforts between Brainerd and Cloquet achieved a bottom-line savings of...

...Potlatch had a long period of company silence in the region as the Cloquet office lost long-time communication managers Mike Birkeland and then Chelseth. "The time you need to communicate the most are when things are the toughest," Carroll said...

...negotiated agreement between labor and management that union members rejected earlier this month. Potlatch spokesman Mike Birkeland said Tuesday that if an agreement on an early retirement package could have been reached it could have potentially...