Pulp Truth
- October 15, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 17 Keep Sending in Paper RAP Health and Safety Surveys Contracts that Reopened in September Why Contract Protection Language is Important NewPage Workers Fight to Save Kimberly Mill Roaring Spring Appleton Workers Get Contract
- September 04, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 16 Unsafe Working Conditions Caught Up to Workers in July Contracts that Reopened in August Mill Leaders Must Complete Paper RAP Health & Safety Survey A Model in Coordinated Bargaining: U.S. Steel Agreement PCA Mill Global Agreement Secures Workers’ Future
- August 18, 2008 Pulp Truth - Special Edition Locals Asked to Complete Survey of Health and Safety within Paper Industry
- August 12, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 15 Highlights: Membership Solidarity Results in MeadWestvaco Contract Local 1097 at GP Settles Grievance for $248,000 NewPage Closes Kimberly Mill End of August SCA Listed as one of World’s Top Ethical Companies Wood Chip Prices Continue to Rise Mills Struggle against High Energy Costs
- July 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 14 Highlights Contracts that Reopened in July USW Assists Graphic Packaging in Getting Tax Credits Rising Price of Crude Oil Prompts Temporary Shutdown Canadian Government Gives Energy Rebates to Paper Companies Latest Health & Safety Incidents in the Paper Industry Don’t Forget to Register for Health & Safety Conference Increased Energy Costs Force 106-year-old Mill to Close
- June 15, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 13 Highlights Appleton Local Warned to be Ready USW Health & Safety Conference Set for Aug. 18-22 News Briefs U.S. Paper Trade With China
- June 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 12 Highlights Contracts Reopening in June USW Paves Way for Former Pope & Talbot Workers Locals Need to Participate in Health and Safety Study USW Merger with Unite Creates Transatlantic Super Union USW Officials Request Meeting with Top-Level Newark Management News Briefs
- May 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 11 Highlights Contracts that Reopened in May Explosion at IP Vicksburg Mill Kills 1, Injures 17 Domtar Workers Ratify Umbrella Agreement by 4 to 1 Appleton Workers Continue Fight Against Company’s Offer News Briefs
- April 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 10 Highlights Contracts Reopening in April IP Converter Deal Gets Unanimous Endorsement Communications training boosts skills Commerce Dept. Rules Chinese Thermal Paper is Subsidized The China Factor
- March 15, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 9 Highlights Former Weyerhaeuser Workers Made Whole in Retirement MeadWestvaco Covington Election Being Reviewed “Most Admired” Companies in Forest and Paper Products Sector National Paper Bargaining Conference Set for April 29-30 Newsbriefs from Around the Industry
- March 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 8 Highlights Contracts Reopening in March U.S. Lags Behind Rest of World in Equipment Investment Appleton Locals Unite to Obtain Fair Deal Graphic Packaging-Altivity Packaging Combine Unite Reaches National Pay Agreement with Printing Federation Industry Short Takes
- February 14, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 7 Highlights National Economic Framework Negotiated at Smurfit-Stone More Tissue Machines to Come on Line India Poised to Become Next Global Player Solidarity Key Factor in Sappi Muskegon Contract Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments Appleton Mill Workers Fight Consumer-Driven Health Care GP Framework Agreement Results in Contract Settlements
- February 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 6 Highlights Contracts Reopening in February Paper Bargaining Leadership Changes GP Conference Adopts Groundbreaking Bargaining Framework Update on IP Converter Talks NewPage Cuts 664 Jobs in Corporate Restructuring Domtar Council Invites Company to Partner with USW Fraud Case Continues Against Smurfit-Stone Managers Save the Date
- January 15, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 5 Highlights Contracts Reopening in January Global Unions Forge Solidarity Plan for 2008 Newsprint Industry to Undergo Restructuring More Consolidation is on the Horizon Building Power Training Set for GP Workers Do you Want Paper or Plastic? Safety and Health Pointers in the Workplace for Paperworkers
- January 01, 2008 Pulp Truth - Issue 4 Highlights Government Finds Cause in Appleton Duty Case Kimberly-Clark Workers Seek Global Dialogue with Company Lowest Profits in the World Water Issues Confront Texas IP Mill NY Agency Gives Grant to IP Ticonderoga We Live to Work, Not to Die Arbitrator Rules GP’s Contracting Out of Cleaning Services Violated Contract Green Bay Exits White Top Linerboard Market
- December 01, 2007 Pulp Truth - Issue 3 Highlights Verso Contract Major Victory in Coated Free Sheet Successorship Protects Boise Cascade Workers During Sale John Edwards Stands Up for Wausau Workers How much Injury does it Take? Acquisitions & Mergers Paper Worker Burned by Hot Wax Insurance Fraud Charges Levied at Smurfit-Stone Managers UK Paperworkers Negotiate 3.65% Wage Increase for 2008
- November 21, 2007 Pulp Truth - Issue 2 Highlights USW Gets Back Pay for FiberMark Workers Illegal Logging Bill Passes House Committee USW Negotiates Innovative Joint Health Care Initiative Industry Consolidation Predicted for Box Industry USW Keeps Bastrop IP Mill Open NewPage Fined for Chemical Incident at Rumford Mill AbitibiBowater Merger Approved if Snowflake Mill Divested Other Newsprint Mills for Sale
- November 01, 2007 Pulp Truth - Issue 1 Highlights Commerce Dept. Places Duties on Glossy Paper Imports Illegal Logging is a Subsidy IP Starts Up New Linerboard Machine in Pensacola Local 1482 Gets Mill to Use Safer Technology South African Kimberley Clark Strike Ends Working Group Fine-Tunes Plan for I.P. Union Conference Back to the Table: Converter Bargaining to Begin Coast Forest Agreement Ratified
