Weyerhaeuser strike continues as company, employees remain at loggerheads

By Sarah Brown
Lebanon Local

Weyerhaeuser employees finished their fifth week of a strike on Oct. 19 and entered a sixth week as negotiations continue to prove unfruitful following the most recent meetings on Oct. 13-14.

More than 1,100 employees on the West Coast halted production at two log export facilities, two log truck operations, seven logging camps and four sawmills on Sept. 13 following unsuccessful contract negotiations between Weyerhaeuser and union members of the…