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Workers, Western Forest Products enter mediation

Forestry workers are back at the negotiating table.

USW Local 1-1937 President Brian Butler says the union’s Bargaining Committee is involved with mediation talks with Western Forest Products.

He says the parties have agreed to a media blackout while the mediation is underway. That means there won’t be any further updates until a deal is reached, or the talks break off.

USW Local 1-1937 and WFP started talks on a new CBA back in April. About 3,000 workers then walked off the job in July.

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