Coastal Forestry Strike May be Over

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 02:03 PM

The coast forestry strike may be over.

Forest Industrial Relations (FIR) has announced it has reached an agreement with the United Steelworkers union (USW) to end the strike which started July 20th.

The agreement is subject to ratification by USW members and FIR member companies. If the settlement is approved, work could resume as early as Oct. 22.

"We recognize that the strike has been a difficult time for everyone and we are pleased that the union has accepted our latest offer," said Terry Lineker, president of FIR.

"We hope to soon get back to the important task of rebuilding the coastal forest products industry for the benefit of both employers and employees."

FIR represents 31 logging and wood manufacturing companies with approximately 4,500 unionized employees operating on the B.C. coast.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 02:03 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: RUEZ on October 16 2007 3:42 PM

Just in time for them to take some downtime.

Posted by: Chester on October 16 2007 8:17 PM

Boy, I wonder who is advising the union membership? Really poor timing to pull a strike. Chester

Posted by: dgdiggler on October 18 2007 9:40 PM

The mills down there will close up. Management loved the strike...an opportunity to sell some wood while building up monies that they did not have to pay workers.