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

Our Union

FOREST WORKERS SUPPORT PROGRAM PAYS DIVIDENDS

(Prince George, BC) USW Local 1-2017 President Brian O'Rourke expressed surprise and shock at the comments some Interior mayors and others are making regarding the diversion of funding from the Economic Dividends Fund to new Forest Workers Support Programs.

Government outlines New Forest Support Programs

POSTED: Sep 17, 2019

PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial government has announced $69 million to fund a new series of measures aimed at supporting British Columbia forest workers impacted by mill closures and shift reductions in several B.C. Interior communities

Former Wolverine Mine (Walter Energy) Employees - Update

POSTED: Sep 13, 2019

September 13,2019

Attention: Former Wolverine Mine (Walter Energy) Employees

Please be advised that the Union has learned that distribution of severance pay to affected individuals is in its final stages.

WorkBC - FInding the Right Job Starts Here

POSTED: Sep 10, 2019

Finding the Right Job Starts Here

No Matter what your level of work experience or education, if you're unemployed your local WorkBC Centre is here to help you.

Please review the link below containing further information provided by Work BC.

Visit the IWA Pension Plan Pop-Up Office

POSTED: Aug 21, 2019

Your Pension and LTD Plan Office is heading your way. Visit the Pop Up Plan Office for a presentation and a 30 minute one-on-one consultation with a Pension Specialist.

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