The United Steelworkers is bargaining with the Western Forest Products Inc. which operates lumber manufacturing plants and harvest timber on Vancouver Island. Western Forest Products owns and operates eight sawmills located on Vancouver Island that produce high quality, value-added products for its global customers. The company harvests timber on tenure that includes six Tree Farm Licences and six Forest Licences on timberland owned by the Province of British Columbia as well as approximately 30,000 hectares of private land. There are about 2,000 USW Local 1-85 and 1-1937 members who work for Western Forest Products.

Western Forest Products employ union members include the following firms:

Alberni Pacific Sawmill Division – Port Alberni
Burleith Log Sort – Mid-Island
Chemainus Sawmill Division – Chemainus
Cowichan Bay Sawmill Division – Duncan
Duke Point Sawmill Division – Nanaimo
Englewood Forest Operations – Beaver Cove
Gold River Forest Operations – Gold River
Holberg Forest Operations – Holberg
Jeune Landing Forest Operations – North Island
Jordan River Forest Operations – South Island
Mid-Island Forest Operations – Campbell River
Nanaimo Sawmill Division– Nanaimo
Nootka Sound Central Sort – West Region
Port McNeill Forest Operations – Port McNeill
Quatsino Dryland Sort – North Island
Queen Charlottes Forest Operations – Haida Gwaii
Saltair Sawmill Division – Ladysmith
Somass Sawmill Division– Port Alberni
Stillwater Forest Operations – Sechelt