Photos by Elaine Briere

e Former hooktender and now stacker operator Russ Pearce was given a
River is scaler Lynn Wheeler, one of dwindling number of persons two-day suspension as a member of the camp committee, following the
employed by Weyerhaeuser. two-day walkout.

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e Although heli-logging is done by union crews, it has resulted in leaving large quantities of wood on the ground with fewer workers and reduced
stumpage rates paid to the government. N.L.T. gets about one-quarter of its timber using chopper crews.

LUMBERWORKER/SEPTEMBER, 2001/15