Forestry

With more than 22,100 members, workers in the forestry sector workers make up one of the largest membership categories of Unifor. The forestry sector includes workers in sawmills, OSB plants, panel board plants, pulp and paper mills, packaging, logging and silviculture.

Building solidarity across borders

November 11, 2018

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

Prevent Cancer Campaign

We encourage all of our Unifor activists all Canadians to understand the dangers of this killer disease. In most instances, cancer can be prevented if

Forestry workers celebrate tariff rejection

September 4, 2018

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, 2018

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

Why Mill Jobs Matter

July 27, 2018

By Lana Payne, Atlantic Regional Director, an abridged version appeared in the Pictou Advocate, Aug. 1, 2018.

Pulp and paper workers ask Trudeau to fight for their jobs

April 16, 2018

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..