Birmingham Forest Products: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "'''Birmingham Forest Products Inc.''', later '''Champion Building Products Alabama''' was the operator of a former plywood plant at Bough Bend on the Mulberry Fork, ne...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
The upstart veneer mill struggled to generate sufficient revenues and was a frequent target for organizing actions by the [[Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union]]. Wilson was succeeded in [[1972]] by another manager with a reputation for opposing labor unions. He fared no better and the plant closed in [[1975]]. | The upstart veneer mill struggled to generate sufficient revenues and was a frequent target for organizing actions by the [[Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union]]. Wilson was succeeded in [[1972]] by another manager with a reputation for opposing labor unions. He fared no better and the plant closed in [[1975]]. | ||
==References== | |||
* "Plywood Plant to Help Spur Growth of Cordova, Alabama" (November 1969) ''Economic Development''. Washington. D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. Vol. 46, p. 3 | |||
[[Category:Materials plants]] | [[Category:Materials plants]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:02, 17 April 2019
Birmingham Forest Products Inc., later Champion Building Products Alabama was the operator of a former plywood plant at Bough Bend on the Mulberry Fork, near Dovertown, from 1969 to 1975.
The plant was developed as a joint venture of U.S. Steel and Champion International, supported with federal loans for economic development. A spur line from the Southern Railway was built to the plant, and Hank Wilson was hired as plant manager.
The upstart veneer mill struggled to generate sufficient revenues and was a frequent target for organizing actions by the Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union. Wilson was succeeded in 1972 by another manager with a reputation for opposing labor unions. He fared no better and the plant closed in 1975.
References
- "Plywood Plant to Help Spur Growth of Cordova, Alabama" (November 1969) Economic Development. Washington. D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. Vol. 46, p. 3