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The Woodworkers Department Apprentice Organizer Jake Merkel and newly hired District W24 Business Representative Mike Gamble recently organized William H. Smith Trucking, a contract log hauling company in Oregon. The first contract was easily negotiated in good faith with the anxious employer. The new benefits to the company include the Nelson Trust benefit package, an
Read moreThe Woodworker’s District and Local Lodge Leadership will be holding a Forest Products Planning Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 27- 31, 2014. The meeting will consist of several topics and learning objectives. There will be speakers from the Legal, Strategic Resources, Organizing, and Communications Departments. Other presentations are being planned including a speaker
Read moreIAM members of Local Lodge 23, Local Savannah, GA; Local 414, Rome, GA and Local 1002, Hemingway, SC recently ratified a six-year contract extension of the International Paper Mill Master Agreement. Contract negotiations were held the first week of March 2014 in Little, Rock AR and included representatives from 19 separate mill locations. “Representatives of
Read moreWorkers at the Bradken foundry in Chehalis, WA have won their first union contract. They are now the newest members of IAM Woodworkers District W24 and Local W130. There are 96 men and women in the Bradken bargaining unit who make a wide assortment of castings for construction equipment and oil rigs. After nearly two
Read more“RockTenn, based in Norcross, Ga., has signed an agreement to acquire Simpson Tacoma Kraft paper mill located in Tacoma, Wash., from Simpson Lumber Co. LLC, for about $343 million. RockTenn structured the transaction as an asset purchase. “In 2013, the mill produced 465,000 tons on two paper machines and two pulp dryers that made various
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