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Mill workers reach tentative deal

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A tentative deal has been reached for almost 2000 mill workers in the Southern Interior.

Five-hundred of them are from Tolko’s sawmill plant in Armstrong and Veneer mill in Lumby.

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The workers had voted to take strike action this week, but Friday evening United Steelworkers Local 1-423 reached a deal.

The contract will last five years, with wage increases each year.

A ratification vote will be held sometime over the next two weeks.

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