Verso Sued by Union in Effort to Block the Sale of Its Coated Paper Mill in Bucksport, ME

A union representing a portion of the workers at the Verso Paper mill in Bucksport has filed a federal lawsuit against the company in an attempt to block the sale of the mill to a scrap-metal company and open the way for a buyer that would keep the mill operating.

Employees had hoped that another paper company would step in to buy and operate the Bucksport mill, which has an annual production capacity of 350,000 tons of coated paper. But Verso announced a week ago that it was selling the mill along with its attached power plant to AIM Development.