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:: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 ::

MEDIA ADVISORY - Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Sawmill Workers' Bargaining Conference in Montreal on October 29th and 30th at the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
Of note is the fact that the visitors from the U.S. are unilingual English but CEP will provide a translator if so desired.

The Union solution to Softwood dispute
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Below is the text of the agreement reached among the unions:

- The current softwood lumber duties and the previous softwood lumber
quota agreement do not provide a satisfactory long-term solution for
workers on either side of the border;

- The workers, consumers and the communities dependent on these jobs,
have a strong interest in reaching a mutually agreeable long-term
solution;

- The undersigned unions from the U.S. and Canada, whose members' jobs
are being lost due to this trade dispute, propose that the respective
governments negotiate an agreement based on the following measures:

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