The United Steelworkers is bargaining with the Interior Labour Relations Forest Employment Association (IFLRA) which is an employer association that represents forest companies in the province’s southern Interior. In 1967-68 the IWA fought an historic 224-day strike against IFLRA companies to establish wage parity with coastal woodworkers. Since that time, the IWA and today the Steelworkers have maintained a level playing field with IFLRA companies and other forest industry companies throughout the BC Interior. There are about 4,000 USW Local 1-405. 1-417 and 1-423 members who work for IFLRA-affiliated companies.

Full IFLRA member companies employing union members include the following firms:

Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP – Panel Division – Savona
Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP – Veneer Division – Lillooet
AP Industries Ltd. – Merritt Planer – Merritt
Aspen Planers – Merritt Sawmill – Merritt
Atco Lumber – Veneer Division – Fruitvale
Galloway Lumber – Galloway
Selkirk Forest Products – Galloway Poleyard
Springer Creek Forest Products – Slocan
Tembec Inc. – Elko
Tembec Inc. – Canal Flats
Tembec Inc. – Cranbrook Planer
Tembec Inc. – Woodlands
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Armstrong Lumber – Armstrong
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Armstrong Plywood – Armstrong
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Heffley Creek Plywood
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Kelowna Lumber – Kelowna
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Kelowna Plywood – Kelowna
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Nicola Valley Sawmill – Merritt
Tolko Industries Ltd. – Roads and Woodlands – Lumby
Weyerhaeuser Canada – Princeton