The Nation : Weyerhaeuser Co. Struck
Striking timber workers in Portland, Ore., bludgeoned the effigy of a Weyerhaeuser Co. negotiator with sledgehammers, and picket lines went up at 32 plants and logging sites in Oregon and Washington as employees refused to accept wage and benefit concessions. Two major lumber unions representing 7,500 workers struck at midnight Sunday against the Tacoma, Wash.-based company. Negotiations broke off Saturday after the company refused to back down on its demands. A three-year contract expired on June 1. Picket lines were orderly and no violence was reported.
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