Western Forest Products Strike

• Talks in bitter B.C. forestry strike could resume Sunday, says union

  Western Forest Products workers with United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 have been on strike since July 1.

  Jan 31, 2020
  
• B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes

  The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2020
  
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• ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Vancouver Island communities grapple with logging strike fallout

  "They're losing homes. They've lost vehicles. They can't pay their bills. Dads, moms that aren't paying child support."

  Nov 26, 2019
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• Western Forest Products says contract talks with striking union have stalled

  Nearly 3,000 employees and contracted workers at six Vancouver Island manufacturing plants and timberlands around the coast have been on strike since July 1.

  Nov 18, 2019