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IAM members at Simpson Lumber in western Washington state are celebrating a landmark arbitration ruling that protects bargaining unit jobs by returning duties to union safety coordinators after the company had eliminated the position and given its duties to a salaried “safety supervisor.” An arbitrator ruled that the company violated its collective bargaining agreement with
Read moreThe Woodworkers Department would like to take a moment to recognize the thousands of men and women battling the wildfires burning throughout the Northwest. The Carlton Complex Fire, the largest in Washington State, started July 14 after a lighting weather system moved through the dry Methow Valley. The fires have burned around 215,000 acres
Read moreThe 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
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