B.C. sawmill closures throw 10,000 out of work

[joeiannuzzi]

Almost 10,000 British Columbia forest sector workers are out of jobs as sawmills respond to the collapse lumber demand in the U.S. by cutting production and sending people home. From Fort Nelson to Vancouver Island, mills are closing their doors, cutting back on shifts, operating sporadically or implementing job-sharing to get their costs down. A Vancouver Sun survey of companies that have announced layoffs since January 2007, shows 34 mills are down either permanently or indefinitely.

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