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400-Worker Pillsbury Plant in New Albany to Close

A union representative says General Mills is moving ahead with its plans to shutter a southern Indiana Pillsbury plant and a neighboring business that together employ more than 400 workers. 

General Mills announced last month it would close its Pillsbury plant and neighboring Sonoco business in New Albany by mid-2016, pending discussions with union officials. 

The Courier-Journal reports Union Local 33G President Roger Miller announced Thursday it's negotiated aclosing agreement with the company.  If union members agree to the terms, layoffs are tentatively scheduled to begin early next year. 

The Pillsbury plant opened in New Albany in 1959 and is its fifth-largest employer. Workers make crescent rolls, pizza dough and other refrigerated baked goods.