Prince George, B.C.- Conifex and its employees have donated $32,625.24 to the Burns Lake disaster fund.

 

Conifex matched penny for penny the amount  its 474 employees contributed to the cause. The payroll deduction plan was something spear headed by the Steelworkers Union Local 1-424, an idea that has gained plenty of support throughout the labour sector.

 

Steelworkers Local 1-424 President Frank Everett says so far, the union lead effort  has contributed more than $100 thousand dollars to the Burns Lake Disaster Fund. 

 

The fund was established in the wake of the tragic double fatal fire that levelled the Hampton Affiliates Babine Forest Products sawmill in January. The cause of that blast has yet to be determined. Hampton Affiliates has not yet decided if it will rebuild the mill which was the primary employer in that community.