MADISON, Maine - The U.S. Department of Labor has approved Trade Adjustment Assistance for displaced employees at Madison Paper.
Officials announced last month that the mill will close by the end of May. Nearly all 214 employees in Madison will lose their jobs.
The Trade Adjustment Assistance program helps workers who've lost their jobs as a result of foreign competition or production moving offshore. Madison recently won a trade case in which it accused a Canadian mill of receiving illegal subsidies.
Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent and Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin praised the assistance as providing a "crucial lifeline'' to displaced workers.
