Prince George, B.C.- It is back to the bargaining table today for the United Steelworkers and  Conifer.

This is the first round of talks since Conifer walked away from the table three and a half weeks ago.

The Steelworkers represent about 9,000 forestry workers in the province of B.C. They say the bargaining process had been set, but that Conifer’s requests were outside that framework.

When talks broke off August 19^th, the union’s Contract negotiating spokesperson, Bob Matters said the only agreed upon issue was seniority retention.

The Steelworkers expect the Conifer agreement to be the pattern for other contracts in the forest industry.

The contract expired June 30^th.