News Content of Sector Forestry

$100k retirement packages for Domtar Woodlands employees

February 19 - 12:15 PM EST

Domtar and Unifor have just negotiated $100,000 early retirement packages and up to $50,000 in moving allowances for about two dozen woodlands....

Unifor works to save Alberta forests from the pine beetle

February 6 - 12:15 PM EST

Alberta’s forestry industry faces a serious threat from the mountain pine beetle that could severely damage the industry for years to come.

Building solidarity across borders

November 11 - 1:30 PM EST

More than 140 union leaders and activists from several countries gathered for the first ever North American Solidarity Project Conference.

Forestry workers celebrate tariff rejection

September 4 - 6:00 PM EDT

Unifor and the Canadian forestry industry was vindicated on August 29 when the U.S. Independent Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that tariffs...

U.S. tariffs on Canadian paper lower but still unfair

August 7 - 5:15 PM EDT

The U.S. Department of Commerce has lowered the assessed anti-dumping duties on Canadian paper mills, but Canada’s largest forestry union says...

Pulp and paper workers ask Trudeau to fight for their jobs

April 13 - 1:45 PM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump’s reckless trade war on Canadian forestry is not a theoretical exercise: it will cost thousands of Canadian jobs in 2018..

Bargaining kicks off in Eastern Canada’s pulp and paper industry

April 11 - 4:00 PM EDT

This week in Montreal, the union marked the start of negotiations for a pattern agreement in Unifor’s pulp and paper sector...

Unifor fights to #SaveLocalNews and end harassment

March 9 - 3:45 PM EST

Unifor members were honored for their work at the Canadian Screen Awards, with some using the opportunity to highlight the crisis in local news.

Lucrative contract for strand board mill workers

March 7 - 8:45 AM EST

On February 28, 135 workers represented by Unifor Local 324-99, at Norbord’s Oriented Strand Board (OSB) mill...

Western pulp and paper members meet

February 28 - 3:00 PM EST

More than 50 Unifor members in the pulp and paper sector in Western Canada are meeting...

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