The plant, which employs 114 people, will shutter for good July 23 because of changing market conditions, RR Donnelley said in a letter to Georgia's Department of Labor. The plant, which had relocated to East Point in 2005, featured a roster of big-name clients including AT&T and Home Depot.
Dale Harrell, president of local chapter of the Graphics Communication Conference, the union that represents the East Point workers, told the Atlanta Constitution Journal that as many as 40 non-union jobs at RR Donnelley's nearby Chamblee facility will be open to the East Point workers, though he stressed their employment won't be guaranteed.
The East Point closure comes only a week after RR Donnelley said it would closre its Eldridge, Iowa, textbooks, education materials and government documents printing plant that employed 280 workers. This year, the company has also either closed, or is in the process of shutting down, printing plants in Menasha, Wis., South Bend, Ind, and Greeley, Col.
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