NEENAH, Wis. (AFX) - The first wave of layoffs at a Kimberly-Clark Corp. diaper plant left 105 people jobless this week, a union official said.
Some of the original 130 employees whose jobs at the Lakeview Diaper Plant were eliminated ending Thursday took other positions in the company, early retirement or severance, said Robert Ekdahl, president of Local 2-482 of the United Steelworkers.
Kimberly-Clark, one of the area's largest employers, announced in March it was shuttering the diaper plant and eliminating 510 jobs. The Dallas-based consumer products company is also selling or closing the Neenah Nonwovens Plant and cutting its 165 jobs by the end of the year.
The cuts are part of a plan to trim 10 percent of the company's 62,000 workers worldwide.
Neenah is about 100 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
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