Unifor’s Forestry Council Executive Committee members met this week at the national office and were joined by National leadership to discuss the ongoing tariff threat to Canadian forestry, pulp and paper and lumber members. The seven members of the Forestry Executive, with representatives from across Canada, met in Toronto on March 25 to consider the latest developments in the ongoing trade war and the softwood lumber dispute, both of which represent existential threats to forestry workers and communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast. …“With the threats coming to our sector, it’s important to talk about a game plan to protect the longevity of forestry and pulp and paper.” …”Trump believes he doesn’t need lumber, and he doesn’t need any of our other products either,” Unifor National President Lana Payne in her remarks. “It’s no longer an assault on just the lumber industry; it’s an assault on all the forestry industry.”

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