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On Wednesday, October 24, all 14 proposals from the Ad Hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings were approved by large margins at the International Code Council (ICC) public comment hearings in Richmond, VA. The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) commends the American Wood Council (AWC) and its effort in this specially funded initiative by the SLB,…

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:…

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…

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…

*** 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…