Jay paper mill plans decreased production

JAY – Wausau Paper plans to cut back from a seven-day to a five-day-a-week schedule on its No. 11 paper machine in Jay because of the economic slowdown.

The statement Friday night by Mike Nelson, vice president of sales and marketing, comes after the company’s announcement in August that it would shut down another paper machine, known as No. 10, by the end of the year, putting about 150 of its 235 workers out of a job. The No. 10 machine has been running a limited five-day schedule since spring.

Members of a state labor response team were at the Otis mill site this week to talk to workers about their options once they are laid off.