What the mill paid, what the sawmill pays
A 1983 payslip in constant euros, a 2026 sawmill pay scale. The comparison vindicates neither those who mourn the mill nor those who celebrate the reinvention. It gives figures.
Written by Théo Brissac
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14 June 1983, the mill's last day
214 staff, 168 of them women. On 14 June 1983 the La Rive-Haute mill produced until 5.40 p.m. Hour by hour, what that last day was — the workshop register, the production book and six memories.
Written by Noëlle Vasseur