7,500 Strike at Lumber Mills
United Press International
PORTLAND, Ore. —
About 7,500 union woodworkers struck 20 Weyerhaeuser Co. mills and logging operations throughout the Pacific Northwest today rather than accept a new contract that called for a wage and benefit reduction of $4.30 an hour.
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