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Big River sawmill. usw tocat 1-184

Union calls for review of
Weyco’s harvesting rights
When ee user made an
early October announcement
that it would ae close its
Carrot River sawmill and planer
Altiicon Bay al milliin

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the new y

the NDP
the NDF

(> Framework reached for two
Saskatchewan mills In early November,
Quesnel-based C&C Wood Products
announced that it and Weyerhaeuser have
reached a letter of intent over the purchase
a two Weyco operations — the Carrot

aT at

Hudson Bay ply-
wood plant. The mills have been for sale
for over two years. Ee in the fae eee
announced that |

indefinitely, throwi ‘k

the unemployment am Local 1 ee pres-
ident Paul Hallen had met with C&C offi-

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provincial harvesting rights.
Followina the Aopril |

and cS seat both mills abe an

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and planer. usw tocat 1-184

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munities. C&C
plans for value-added product lines. [>
OSB 2000 takes down time In

of its giant pulp and paper

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sawmill near Prince Albert, the

Been cnerating at be its.
oriented strandboard plant (OSB
000) in Hudson Bay. Local 1-184
president Paul Hallen, USW
Canadian Director Ken
Neumann, Distri D

dIwAac, i]

chairperson Bob Matters wrote
Premier Lorne Calvert that
Ww has failed to Ii

y

agreement. Hallen said that
Weyco’s action “tears the guts
out” of small towns in the
province. Brother Matters said
that Hudson Bay shoul

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of the eee! s integrated log ee
and transportation system for decades. He
said the news has good potential for work-

[> The Harper-Bush softwood deal has
nailed Tolko sawmill workers in The Pas,
says Local 1-324 president
Chris Parlow. He says that,
in anticipation of the agree-
ment, the company cur-
tailed its graveyard shift in
Chris Parlow early October, seeulling tn in

cR

November the

i pl
Hudson Bay d f ek’s main:
tenance shutdown and will be down for two
more weeks in January.

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= Federal NDP trade critic Peter Julian (r.) at
Pern ing inT

some 5 job ee Tt ]

well. [> Town
Hall Meeting i in the Pas On November
9, the ae

on the F

hall meeting

G., d deal. The

ha f; d th

fini ill it

should get no more timber.
Since then a potential buyer has
been found (see nape page)

for Carrot River

plywoo

joined by federal NDP
International Trade Critic Peter Julian, who
een Ae eee:

ic. 1, 4 aas

Also

present was UTU rep Kevin Goring, who

expressed the iy union’s concerns
1

over rail | hauling j J

deal. The quota cap ip

from the Tolko mill by one-third. [>
Shifts on and off Local 1-830 presi-
dent Jack Alexander says Smurfit-MBI
dropped its 3:3:1 shift and then put it

he Pas. usw Local 1-324
3 1

3 back on, after the compa-
| ny claimed it was costing
them too much. Work

started to bunch up. Nine
new members have been

Jack Alexander’ hired in Winnipeg.

THE ALLIED WORKER DECEMBER 2006 T 9