Local 2835 History

    

     Boise Cascade purchased this plant in Feb. 1963.  The Local was organized in 1964, and chartered in April 1965 after negotiating the first contract with the company.  The UBC organizer was Oscar Slack.  The president of the Willamette Valley District Council, Claire Adamson, assisted him.

     The local walked off their jobs mid-shift for the first time in 1973.  This dispute was over foremen working.  By the next morning, roving pickets had shut down mills all over the NW.  At that time there was no arbitration procedure to settle disputes.  Boise Cascade was the first company to change to arbitration vs. strike in the Western Council of Industrial Workers.

     The second major shutdown occurred in 1988.  This was an economic Strike.  The Local has honored sympathy strikes two times.  The first time came in the late 70’s when roving pickets from the paper division showed up for five days.  In 1997, workers stood out for one week in support of the BCC Louisiana Strike.

     This plant cut from a full production mill to just a green end in 1979.  Currently, 58 union members are employed at this location.