Union and producers face tough talks in B C logging talks
Negotiations between unions and forest companies in British Columbia remain entrenched as a 15 percent tariff on softwood exports and a strong Canadian dollar squeeze profits. Over 3,500 forest jobs have vanished in two years as mills shut or cut shifts. Canfor seeks about 50 million dollars in labor cost reductions, roughly 20 percent wage rollback, amid a broader push for concessions.(Corrected for length and coherence)
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