{"id":11035,"date":"2012-08-07T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T11:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2013-07-30T22:22:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T02:22:38","slug":"getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting By, Getting Ahead: North Country Mill Worker Inches Toward Retirement In Volatile Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11035 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/img_1762\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1762-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1762-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1762-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1762-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11048'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;My parents wanted me to go to college, but I was more interested in earning some money to get a car.  And then one thing led to another, and then I met my wife, got married, and there was really no turning back after that,&#8221; says mill worker Rollie Leclerc.  &#8220;I really like working here.  It&#8217;s a place where you can earn a decent wage and kind of live the lifestyle a middle American is supposed to.  You have a house and a car and a decent living.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/img_1710\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1710-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1710-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1710-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1710-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11036'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;You sit at home and you watch the news and you see all these people that are 50 and older and have lost their jobs, and it doesn&#8217;t really hit home because it&#8217;s not affecting you,&#8221; Leclerc says.  &#8220;But boy oh, boy, I tell you what, now I totally understand the hardship of finding employment, especially being over 50 years old.  Employers do look at you differently.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/img_1756\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1756-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1756-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1756-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1756-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11039'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter he was laid-off for the second time, Leclerc says, &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t able to find any work at all.  We got by with unemployment benefits, and we watched our pennies.  But it was luck that the mill reopened, because the benefits were running out.  When you&#8217;re living on that kind of money compared to what I was making at the mill, your wage cut is at about 70 percent.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/img_1712\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1712-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1712-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1712-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1712-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11037'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;I&#8217;m one of the fortunate ones.  I didn&#8217;t have a house payment.  It&#8217;s the benefits.  Health care is nuts.  I was paying $980 a month while I was out, with a $6,000 deductible, for myself and my wife.  So getting back here and having access to health care is huge,&#8221; Leclerc says.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/img_1772\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1772-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1772-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1772-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_1772-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11042'>\n\t\t\t\tLeclerc&#8217;s hopeful about the future of the mill, but, &#8220;This time around, it&#8217;s been a slower start-up.  When we shut down in 2000, and we started up [again], all our past customers came right back,&#8221; he says.  &#8220;This time around, they&#8217;re a little reluctant.  So we&#8217;re gaining their trust again.  But it&#8217;s a slower process than we thought.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/07\/getting-by-getting-ahead-north-country-mill-worker-inches-toward-retirement-in-volatile-industry\/img_1800\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_1800-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_1800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_1800-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_1800-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11279'>\n\t\t\t\tAlthough finding  work in the North Country at places like Gorham Paper and Tissue is hard, Leclerc says in some ways, having an education makes it tougher.  &#8220;If you happen to have a college degree, you&#8217;re limited to where you can go as far as employment, unless you&#8217;re into the medical field, a few other areas.  That&#8217;s why, when our kids go to college, it&#8217;s like a farewell.  They never come back.  Not because they don&#8217;t like the area.  No opportunity.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>As part of our weekly \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/voices\/\">Getting By, Getting Ahead<\/a>\u201d series, StateImpact is traveling across New Hampshire, gathering personal stories from the people behind the economy.\u00a0 In our seventh and final installment, we talk with a longtime North Country mill worker who has been laid off, and re-hired, twice.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____<\/p>\n<p>The factory floor of <a title=\"Gorham Paper And Tissue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gorhampt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gorham Paper and Tissue<\/a> is a miserable place on hot summer day.\u00a0 The massive cylinders noisily turning watery pulp into paper are incredibly hot, almost oven-like, except that the water passing through them creates a thick veil of humidity.<\/p>\n<p>Deeper into the mill sits the small, cool, control shack that is Rollie Leclerc&#8217;s domain.\u00a0 He is a machine tender, and part of his job involves maintaining the balance between tons of hardwood, softwood, and pulp coursing through the machines.\u00a0 This blend is key to making high-quality paper.\u00a0 Underneath the safety glasses and steel-toed boots, Leclerc (pronounced &#8220;Leclaire&#8221;) is a good-natured guy with a big laugh and an easy smile.\u00a0 Leclerc has been on this mill floor since 1977.\u00a0 And he\u2019s proud of his deep family roots in this line of work. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy grandfather immigrated from New Brunswick, Canada, right after the Depression, worked at the Burgess Mill, which is up in Berlin,&#8221; Leclerc says.\u00a0 &#8220;My father was a paper maker here [in the North Country] for 44 years, and I chose to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this respect, Leclerc is like a lot of longtime <a title=\"The Ultimate Guide To The North Country Economy\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/north-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Country<\/a> residents.\u00a0 Going back to the late 1800s, <a title=\"New Hampshire's Immigration Story - La Survivance and the Franco Americans\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nhpr.org\/post\/new-hampshires-immigration-story-la-survivance-and-franco-americans\" target=\"_blank\">French-Canadian immigrants<\/a> would venture to thickly forested northern New Hampshire to work in its thriving lumber, pulp, and paper <a title=\"Where The Mills Are (And Aren't)\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/mills\/\" target=\"_blank\">mills<\/a>.\u00a0 Other factories<strong><\/strong>, many tied to the wood products industry, helped build the area up as well.\u00a0 Even as <a title=\"How NH's Building A New Manufacturing Economy\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">manufacturing<\/a> declined in the 1980s, the region&#8217;s economy held on. But then a few years<strong> <\/strong>ago, the death-watch began. Leclerc can recite the litany\u00a0of plant closures off the top of his head.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F55396613%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-EWvy5&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;secret_url=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had <a title=\"Wausau Paper to close N.H. mill \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/milwaukee\/stories\/2007\/10\/22\/daily21.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wausau that closed<\/a>, employed over 200.\u00a0<a title=\"N.H. loses bid to stall Isaacson sale  \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhbr.com\/businessnewsstatenews\/952923-257\/n.h.-loses-bid-to-stall-isaacson-sale.htmlhttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Isaacson Steel<\/a> just closed, and there was approximately 175 employees there.\u00a0 We had the <a title=\"Plant closes in Berlin, cutting 46 jobs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newhampshire.com\/article\/20120419\/NEWS02\/704199945\/-1\/NEWHAMPSHIRE1402\" target=\"_blank\">Car Freshener plant that closed<\/a> with approximately 50 employees there,&#8221; Leclerc continues.\u00a0 &#8220;We had the <a title=\"Ethan Allen to close manufacturing plant in Vermont\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indusbusinessjournal.com\/ME2\/dirmod.asp?sid=4CEC54B78BA54A11B360971278D9B043&amp;nm=Archive&amp;type=Publishing&amp;mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&amp;mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&amp;tier=4&amp;id=840BB1B677AE40A98922712290319D12\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Allen plant<\/a> [near] the Canadian border [in Vermont], which more than 80 percent of the people working there lived in New Hampshire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the bad news leaves Gorham Paper and Tissue, Leclerc&#8217;s employer, as the last paper mill in the North Country.\u00a0 It has changed hands multiple times, and shut down twice\u2014once in 2000, and again 10 years later.\u00a0 Both times, Leclerc was laid off.\u00a0 \u201cThe first time, I was lucky, because there was a lot of work.\u00a0 This time around was totally different,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"related-content alignright\"><h4 class=\"related-header\">Related<\/h4><div class=\"links\"><h5>Posts<\/h5><ul><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/06\/north-country-snapshot-the-struggle-to-rebuild-after-the-mills\/\">North Country Snapshot: The Struggle To Rebuild After The Mills<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/06\/preview-tomorrows-installment-of-getting-by-getting-ahead-examines-working-in-the-north-countrys-fading-paper-industry\/\">Preview: Tomorrow&#8217;s Installment Of &#8220;Getting By, Getting Ahead&#8221; Looks At Work In The North Country&#8217;s Fading Paper Industry<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/02\/01\/breaking-down-nhs-manufacturing-economy-by-county\/\">Breaking Down NH\u2019s Manufacturing Economy By County<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/01\/30\/how-nhs-manufacturing-sector-stacks-up-to-its-neighbors\/\">How NH\u2019s Manufacturing Sector Stacks Up To Its Neighbors\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"topics\"><h5>Topics<\/h5><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/07\/IMG_0549-60x60.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/topic\/manufacturing\/\">How NH\u2019s Building A New Manufacturing Economy<\/a><\/p><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/07\/2925352375_50b7684c16-60x60.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/topic\/north-country\/\">The Ultimate Guide To The North Country Economy<\/a><\/p><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/07\/298202673_6316f2a90e-60x60.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/topic\/mills\/\">Where The Mills Are (And Aren\u2019t)<\/a><\/p><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/103657967_3b304d2c94_z.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/topic\/getting-by-getting-ahead\/\">Catch Up On Our Series, \u201cGetting By, Getting Ahead\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>During his first layoff, Leclerc found a construction job in the southern part of the state.\u00a0 The <a title=\"NextEra Energy Resources: Nuclear-Seabrook Station\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nexteraenergyresources.com\/what\/nuclear_seabrook.shtmlhttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seabrook nuclear power plant<\/a> had some major construction projects in the works, and needed manpower.\u00a0 So for a year, Leclerc spent five days a week living with his sister in Manchester and commuting to the <a title=\"What You Need To Know About The Seacoast's Economy\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/seacoast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seacoast<\/a>.\u00a0 He only came home on the weekends.\u00a0 It was tough on him and his family, but Leclerc was grateful to have good work while he waited out the layoff.<\/p>\n<p>But this time around, with construction hurting from the housing bust, that option was gone.\u00a0 And in the North Country, there were only a handful of jobs at grocery stores and <a title=\"WalMart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walmart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Walmart<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0mostly part-time jobs without benefits.\u00a0 Still, competition was fierce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you fill out resumes. and back then, I filled-out that I was 58, and have a high school education, and I\u2019m a paper maker,&#8221; Leclerc remembers with a rueful chuckle. &#8220;I tell you what, you\u2019re kind of limited to finding, you know, jobs associated with your skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watching Leclerc on the factory floor, as he rushes around turning valves, pulling levers, and pushing buttons, it\u2019s clear he&#8217;s a practiced hand at paper making. And it\u2019s a tough job.\u00a0 But it\u2019s work he is grateful for.\u00a0 Last year, the mill reopened after it was bought by the New York-based private equity firm <a title=\"Patriarch Partners\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patriarchpartners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patriarch Partners<\/a>, headed by Lynn Tilton.\u00a0 To a lot of people here, including Leclerc, Tilton is an economic savior.\u00a0 But for the unionized floor workers, compromise was part of the deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"module image left\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/voices\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"Getting By, Getting Ahead\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/07\/voices-promo.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listen to voices of New Hampshire\u2019s economy and share your story in an <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/voices\/\">interactive audio experience \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen Lynn took over the mill, she was totally honest.\u00a0 She said it was going to be a struggle.\u00a0 She said it was going to be a partnership, but there would be concessions made on both sides,&#8221; Leclerc says.\u00a0 &#8220;We had to do concessions on vacations.\u00a0 We used to have a premium day [extra pay] on Sunday.\u00a0 We had to give that up.\u00a0 She\u2019s not the fairy godmother.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t just show up, with her checkbook, write out a check, and say continue doing what you were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, though, Leclerc says he wants to keep doing what he\u2019s doing for at least five more years, \u201cThen I\u2019ll be looking at retirement,&#8221; he says. Then he pauses, cracks a grin and once again laughs through the worry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And hopefully at that time, Social Security will still be around!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our weekly \u201cGetting By, Getting Ahead\u201d series, StateImpact is traveling across New Hampshire, gathering personal stories from the people behind the economy.\u00a0 In our seventh and final installment, we talk with a longtime North Country mill worker who has been laid off, and re-hired, twice. _____ The factory floor of Gorham Paper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":11048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[337,503,498,558,506],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}