Pulp Truth
- August 23, 2012 Pulp Truth - Special Edition In this Edition: Paperworkers Set Bargaining Direction for Next Two Years
- July 24, 2012 Pulp Truth - Issue 42 In this edition: Continued Tariffs Sought on Imports of School Lined Paper, Two Workers Killed, Eight Injured in May On-the-Job Incidents
- February 08, 2012 Pulp Truth - Special Edition In this Edition: USW’s Continued Work on Boiler MACT, Related Waste Definition Rule
- January 06, 2012 Pulp Truth - Issue 41 In this Edition: BlueGreen Alliance Joins USW in Holding Roundtable Discussions on Sustainable Manufacturing
- October 28, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 40 In this Edition: Union Solidarity Trumps Huhtamaki Contract Concessions, Great Northern Paper is Resurrected
- October 21, 2011 Workers Uniting Pulp Truth - Issue 2.2 In this Edition: Unite, USW Urge Locals to Adopt Hazards-Based Approach to Workplace Safety, Tragic Deaths in UK Paper Mills
- October 18, 2011 Pulp Truth - Special Edition USW Makes Sure New EPA Waste Definition Rule Does Not Work Against Paperworker Jobs
- September 16, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 39 In this Edition: USW Succeeds in Changing Labor Law to Benefit Workers, Greater Resources Enable Us to Overcome Paper Company Bankruptcies
- September 08, 2011 Pulp Truth - Special Edition In this Edition: China’s Impact on Recycled Paper Market Causes Stress
- August 24, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 38 In this Edition: Together We’ve Secured Thousands of Paperworker Jobs During Last 7 Years Through USW Paper Bargaining Program, Paperworker Mitch Becker Named Labor Person of the Year, Canadians Ratify Contract Offer at Domtar’s Espanola, Ontario Mill
- August 09, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 37 In This Edition: Pulp Truth To Be Published Weekly for Up-to-Date News, Information, Georgia-Pacific Mill Workers Ratify Master Economic Agreement
- July 18, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 36 In this Edition: USW Presses for More Changes to EPA Boiler Rules to Save Jobs, NLRB Says Company Can’t Automatically Change Safety Program, More Box Plants Expected to be Shut Down, News Briefs
- July 13, 2011 Workers Uniting Pulp Truth - Issue 2.1 In This Edition: Unite Paper Workers Negotiate Wage Increases, Unite Organizes Polyprint Mailing Films Limited, European Union Imposes Duties on Chinese Coated Fine Paper, USW International Paper Mill Locals Negotiate Second-Generation Master Agreement, Indonesia Agrees to Stem Flow of Illegal Timber Exports
- May 03, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 35 In this Edition: Paper Workers Kick Off Season of Safety Campaign, Paper Mill Safety Report Reveals Need for Hazard-Based Analysis
- April 06, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 34 In this Edition: Paper Safety Video Now Posted to Paper Website, 5Ways to Connect with USW Paper Sector, EPA’s Boiler MACT Rule Impacts Paper Mills, Three Regional Health & Safety Conferences To Be Held
- March 18, 2011 Pulp Truth - Issue 33 In this Edition: How to Get Pulp Truth, Check Out Paper Website, Follow Union Paper News Via Twitter, Year-long Paper Health & Safety Campaign to be Launched Workers Memorial Day April 28, How to Share Your Photos & Videos, Rock-Tenn makes $3.5 Billion Bid for SSCC
- December 16, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 32 In this Edition: Shift Differential Pay Correction Results in Almost $250,000 to International Paper Members, Europeans Impose Tariffs on Chinese Coated Paper Producers, MeadWestvaco Sells Envelope Business to Cenveo, Inc., IP, USW Work Jointly in Pensacola Accident Investigation, SCA Fined $189,100 after Worker Paralyzed in UK Accident
- December 08, 2010 Pulp Truth - Special Edition In this Edition: EPA Postpones Boiler MACT Rule; USW Believes Its Concerns Taken into Account
- December 06, 2010 Workers Uniting Pulp Truth - Issue 1.3 In This Edition: Unite Hosts Workers Uniting Exchange Visit with USW, Work Plan Forged atWorkers Uniting Meeting, Europeans Confront Illegal Logging with Legislation, Workers Uniting Vows to Take on Illegal Logging
- November 30, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 31 In this Edition: USW Trade Victory Saves Paper Worker Jobs, Smurfit Stevenson Paper Mill Workers Vote in USW, Paper Workers Set Course for National Paper Bargaining, News Briefs
- August 12, 2010 Workers Uniting Pulp Truth - Issue 1.2 In this Edition: Workers Uniting—Strengthening Our Global Union, Unite to Participate in USW Paper Sector Conference, Unite GPM Sector Ranges From Papermaking to Electronic Communications, Workers Uniting Leadership Exchange Program Begins
- July 30, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 30 In this Edition: Paper Workers Organize Grassroots Support for Coated Paper Trade Cases, Expect Greater Competition from Asia on Tissue Paper
- July 22, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 29 In this Edition: Study Proves China’s Subsidies to its Paper Industry Give it Unfair Trade Advantage, Threatening US Jobs, USW Coated Paper Trade Case Moves Forward, Paper Workers Fight Back Against Unfair Trade
- June 02, 2010 Workers Uniting Pulp Truth - Issue 1.1 In this Edition: Welcome to Workers Uniting Pulp Truth Edition, How a European Works Council Operates, Don’t Let Employers Cap Vacation Time, Pay Raises Mark UNITE Bargaining in UK Paper Industry, Scotland's Tullis Russell's gets £1m eco-centre, USW Saves Jobs at Bankrupt US AbitibiBowater Mills
- May 27, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 28 In this Edition: Check Out New Paper Website, USW Members Approve Contract Integration with IP Converter Master Agreement, Beware of Bargaining Trend to Cap Vacation, SW Trade Case Leads to Preliminary Tariffs Levied Against Chinese, Indonesian Coated Paper Producers
- March 09, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 27 In this Edition: Our Paper Program Got us through Tough Bargaining Year, News Briefs from around the Industry, Fatal Accidents - Mobile Equipment and Foot Traffic
- March 03, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 26 In this Edition: Help Unemployed Members, Framework Agreements Protected Us in 2009, Successorship Clause Protects Our Jobs, Rock-Tenn Council Delegates Raise Questions at Shareholder Meeting
- January 04, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 25 In this Edition: Contracts that Reopened in December, U.S. International Trade Commission Decides to Investigate Coated Paper Unfair Trade Case, Regulators Undermine Protections Against Illegal Logging, USW Supports Trade Law to Increase US Exports, Three-Month Dispute at Sappi’s Dutch Mills Ends, Unite Launches Joint Health and Safety Campaign with Employers’ Organization ... more
- October 13, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 24 In this Edition: USW Fights Unfair Trade by Joining Paper Industry in Trade Cases Against China, Indonesia, PCA Council Builds Solidarity, Plan of Action
- September 17, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 23 In this Edition: Contracts that Reopen, Pittsburgh Council Meetings Result in Joint Action Plans, Joint Paper Sector Projects in play for Workers Uniting, Rock-Tenn Council Initiates Organizing Plan, Rock-Tenn Engages in Anti-union Attacks, Domtar Council Meets in Nashville to Build Power, News Briefs from around the Industry
- July 29, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 22 In this Edition: Contracts that Reopened, Eleven USW Councils Set to Meet Through September, Draft Legislation Proposes End To Black Liquor Tax Credit, Canadian Paper Local Needs Our Support, Covington MeadWestvaco Workers Ratify Groundbreaking Contract, New Four-Year Contract at NewPage’s Luke Mill, Worker Interests Taken Care of in Caraustar Bankruptcy ... more
- May 21, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 21 In this Edition: Keep Alternative Fuel Mixture Tax Credit for Paper Industry to Save Jobs, Help the Environment, Contracts that Reopen in May
- April 30, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 20 In this Edition: We Face Challenges, Opportunities in Paper Industry, AbitibiBowater Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Congressman Michaud Organizes Paper Caucus, Obama Administration to Enforce Trade Rules, Congress May Jeopardize Black Liquor Tax Credits, Smart Papers Sale Causes Layoffs, Sappi Workers Benefit from Stimulus Package, Canadian Government Expands Unemployment Program, Republican Governors Spurn Jobless Aid, Paper Workers Remember Maine USW Activist Bruce Roy, Proctor & Gamble Workers in Turkey Win Strike
- April 16, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 19 In this Edition: Contracts that Reopen in April, PCA Box Workers Have New Master Agreement, Arbitrator Reinstates Job Classification at GP Mill, Georgia-Pacific Union Conference Holds First Nationwide Call, Graphic Packaging Members Take a Stand, Graphic Packaging Lays Off 30 Workers, Employee Free Choice Act Benefits Paper Workers, White Pigeon Paper Co. Workers Obtain Contract after Striking
- March 06, 2009 Pulp Truth - Issue 18 In this Edition: Contracts that Reopen in March, Success! Paper RAP (Research Action Project) Survey Makes its Goal, USW Health & Safety Training Written into OSHA Settlement Agreement, Labor Board Judge Overturns MeadWestvaco Covington Election, Smurfit-Stone Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Obama Team Chose USW Paper for Inauguration Invitations, MeadWestvaco Envelope Locals Ratify 3-year Contract Extension, Pacon Agreement Includes Move of Non-Union Jobs to USW Facilities
- 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
