About the Wood Council »
The USW Wood Council was formed in a merger when the Executive of the IWA selected the United Steelworkers and negotiated a merger that took effect on September 1, 2004. A critical part of the merger negotiations was the creation of the Steelworkers – IWA Council, representing and coordinating the interests of the former IWA local unions in the areas of safety and health, collective bargaining, organizing and political action. By 2006 the IWA Council adopted the moniker "Wood Council."
Publications »
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13 February 2012
Out Front This Week
USW Adds $45,000 to Burns Lake Fund; China Now Largest Importer of Softwood Lumber, Logs; U.S. Lowers Claim Against Canada on Softwood
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28 November 2011
Out Front This Week
Fire Idles Canfor Mill; Conifex Reports Loss; New Mill Planned in BC; USW Urgining Members to "Take The Next Step" and Join NDP
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14 November 2011
Out Front This Week
Interfor to Invest in Grand Forks, Castlegar Mills; Western Posts Q3 Profits; Ainsworth Posts Loss
News »
- 5 January 2012 | media release B.C. Jobs from B.C. Resources: United Steelworkers USW responds to the B.C. government's interest in exporting more raw logs by telling the province "don't bother." Instead, the union says it's time to rebuild B.C.'s wood-manufacturing sector.
- 5 January 2012 Submission to BC Ministry Of Forests On Log-Export Policy Log Exports Distort The Domestic Price Structure; Log Exports Are Killing BC Manufacturing; Log Exports Have Undermined The Forest Sector; Log Exports Help China's Competitiveness; Steelworkers Urge BC Jobs From BC Resources
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11 August 2011
Steelworkers Offer Pattern Deals in BC Interior
Negotiations in the southern interior forest industry continue as USW Local Unions in Cranbrook, Kelowna, and Kamloops talk up the southern interior pattern with larger industry players International Forest Products, Federated Cooperatives, and Louisana Pacific.
