Suite 100, 1777 3rd Avenue, Prince George, BC, V2L 3G7
Tel: 250.563.7771 | Toll-free: 1.800.565.3641 | Fax: 250.563.0274
USW Local 1-2017
Suite 100, 1777 3rd Avenue, Prince George, BC,
V2L 3G7
Phone Numbers
Tel: 250.563.7771
Toll-free: 1.800.565.3641
Fax: 250.563.0274
E-mail:
Plants
Business Agents
Business Agent Lines
Brian O'Rourke President
Phone: 1 (250) 960-8583
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- Safety Director
- Administration
- Health and Welfare Trustee
- Job Evaluation
- LTD Trustee
- Negotiations
- PGTA
- SHARP Trustee
- Wood Council
Paul French 1st Vice President
Phone: 1 (250) 398-0329
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- WF Plywood WL
- WL Quesnel Plywood
- Atlantic Power
- WF Truckers
- Tolko Questwood
- Dunkley Lumber
- Negotiations
- SHARP Trustee
- Right of Reference
- Economic Development
- Health & Welfare Trustee
Rod Park 2nd Vice President
Phone: 1 (250) 960-8745
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- Health and Welfare Trustee
- Right of Reference
- Canfor Plateau
- Conifex Fort St James
- Stella Jones
- W.F Fraser Lake
- Veolia Energy
- Lakelands
Dan Will 3rd Vice President
Phone: 1 (250) 613-9451
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- Canfor Chetwynd
- Canfor Energy Plants
- Canfor Ft. St. John
- Conifex Mackenzie & Power
- Fort Motors
- Louisiana Pacific
- Mount Polley
Mark Bissat 4th Vice President
Phone: 1 (250) 267-4553
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- 100 Mile Sawmill
- Beamac
- CCDS
- Electric Operations
- IHA WL & 100
- Parallel
- Red Coach Inn
- Tolko Lakeview
- Tolko Soda Creek
- WF Planer
- Job Evaluations
Don Iwaskow Financial Secretary
Phone: 1 (250) 961-8809
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- Office Manager
- Education Director
- Health and Welfare Trustee
- Excel
- Sharp Trustee
Boota Johal Business Agent
Phone: 1 (250) 960-8863
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- Babine
- Canfor Houston
- Canfor Isle Pierre
- Carrier Lumber
- Coast Mountain
- Electrical Operations - PG & Quesnel
- Houston Pellet
- PG Motors
- Wood Wheaton
Brad Mores Business Agent
Phone: 1 (250) 305-5091
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 565-3641
Email:
- Canfor - Chip Plant
- Canfor - Nursery
- Canfor - PG Sawmill
- Canfor - Polar
- Worksafe Advocate
Recent News
CONIFER Member Companies
As you are aware your Bargaining Committee came to an impasse with CONIFER in negotiations this past Friday. We asked the mediator to book out, and on Wednesday served 72-hour Strike Notice. So effective 8am on Saturday, October 6th, we will be in legal strike position.
Forestry Bargaining Update #8
Further to booking the mediator out earlier this week, USW Local 1-2017 covering all of northern BC, based in Prince George, has issued 72-hour strike notice and will be in a legal strike position at 8 am Saturday, October 6, 2018.
Forestry Bargaining Update #7
Your BC Interior Bargaining Committee sat down with CONIFER member companies for five days of mediation in Prince George this week with the aim of bargaining a fair collective agreement for the Northern Sawmill Workers of USW Local 1-2017. Mediator Dave Schaub was called upon to kick start what can only be characterized as a slow start to bargaining, with meager progress.
Forestry Bargaining Update #6
CONIFER CONTINUES TO DEMAND CONCESSIONS!
Your bargaining committee spent September 17th and 18th continuing to use a common sense approach in an attempt to avoid a strike. What is truly concerning is Conifer’s unwavering position that their concessionary agenda MUST be addressed.
Polley Mine and Parallel BBQ
Steelworkers Local Union 1-2017 brought out the cook trailer for another round of BBQ’s for Polley Mine members, and Parallel 55 members.
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