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British Columbia South Lumber Workers Join North Strike; Canfor Curtails
Employees represented by United Steelworkers 1-2017 joined those negotiating in the north with employer group CONIFER last week, by walking off the job Friday morning in Williams Lake, BC, at Tolko’s Soda Creek Division and West Fraser’s Planer, said My Prince George Now. For background info please read: Northern British Columbia Sawmill Workers on Strike:…
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US Construction Spending: September 2018
A very good indicator of current construction activity, thus future lumber prices, is US construction spending. New data out this week from the US Commerce Department shows construction spending flat in September 2018 after a 0.8 per cent rise in August, said the New York Times Thursday. Spending on US construction projects was essentially unchanged in…
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Negotiations between Conifer and the United Steelworkers Union …
Further to Madison’s story yesterday about the south interior of British Columbia issuing a 72-hour strike notice https://madisonsreport.com/2018/10/31/united-steelworkers-issue-72-hour-strike-notice-to-iflra/ This morning comes word that Negotiations between Conifer and the United Steelworkers Union representing sawmill workers across Northern BC have cooled for the time being, said My Prince George Now. However, the action is starting to heat…
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United Steelworkers Issue 72-hour Strike Notice to IFLRA
*** BREAKING NEWS *** The United Steelworkers have issued 72-hour strike notice to Interior Forest Labour Relations Association, the employer bargaining group for the south interior of British Columbia. Last week there was rotating strikes in the north interior of British Columbia, which affected several sawmill operators. Picket lines went up outside Canfor’s Prince George…
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US Home Price Appreciation and Price-to-Rent Ratio: August 2018
Nationally, home price appreciation continued in August. Based on a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate, home prices in Seattle, New York and San Diego declined faster in August than in July. Home prices in New York has decreased for the fifth consecutive month. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, reported by S&P…
