QUEEN’S PARK — A delegation representing laid-off workers at the Terrace Bay pulp mill travelled to Queen’s Park on Tuesday “looking for some hope” that the mill will be restarted in the near future. India-based Aditya Birla Group announced the indefinite shutdown of the mill in early January, and laid off close to 400 people. The Steelworkers union, representing about 270 workers, says it’s had no luck getting any information from the company about its plans. Michelle Richardson, the recording secretary for local 665, made an emotional appeal at a news conference held jointly with the NDP. “We are here to ask for the government’s support to fight for us, to fight for our community and the people who work in the pulp mill. We can’t afford to wait. The last time we were down – and this is the fourth time we’ve been through this – we were out of work for 18 months.”
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