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USW Files Lockout Notice
The United Steelworkers Local 1-85, out of Port Alberni on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island have “laid a lockout complaint with the Labour Relations Board against Western Forest Products, which we are working through submissions and hope to get a hearing as early as next week,” said the USW’s Norm Mcleod to Madison’s in an email…
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Wildfire Season Incredibly Early Start: Canada, US
The BC Wildfire Service has responded to 45 new wildfires in northeast British Columbia over a two-day period, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations said on Tuesday. Early Wildfire Season 2016: Canada and US Canada The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the BC Wilfire Service has responded to…
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Potential Forest Products Industry Labour Problems: BC West Coast
British Columbia west coast forest products industry labour problems TSE:WEF: http://www.westernforest.com/ http://islandtimberlands.com/ “We have laid a lockout complaint with the Labour Relations Board,” United Steelworkers Union to @LumberNews today. More in tomorrow’s issue of your Madison’s Lumber Reporter.
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Potential Forest Products Industry Labour Problems: BC West Coast
British Columbia west coast forest products industry labour problems TSE:WEF: http://www.westernforest.com/ http://islandtimberlands.com/ “We have laid a lockout complaint with the Labour Relations Board,” United Steelworkers Union to @LumberNews today. More in tomorrow’s issue of your Madison’s Lumber Reporter.
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US Construction: March 2016
Construction input prices rose on a monthly basis in March for the rst time in nine months according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index. Input prices expanded 0.9 per cent on a monthly basis in March but are still down 3.4 per cent…
