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- On June 6, 2025, workers from United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 initiated a strike against La-kwa-sa-muqw Forestry LP on Vancouver Island due to unresolved labour disagreements.
- The strike followed LKSM’s refusal to remove significant concessions after the contract expired on June 15, 2024, despite multiple bargaining sessions.
- USW represents over 5,500 members working under more than 250 employers along the British Columbia coast and islands, advocating for standard rights across the sector.
- Brian Butler, President of USW Local 1-1937, stated that by taking action against LKSM, their members are standing up not just for themselves but on behalf of all workers opposing these unjust demands.
- The strike emphasizes the union’s intent to prevent erosion of worker rights and calls for LKSM to align with coastal forest industry standards to restore operation stability.
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Strike commences at LKSM Forestry LP on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Friday, June 6, 2025, United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1-1937 members went on strike against La-kwa-sa-muqw Forestry LP (LKSM) because of the significant concessions they are demanding. Those concessions include, but are not limited to, demands that LKSM be able to bring in non-union contractors to do work that is now performed by the USW members on site. This includes work pe…
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