NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

CEP NATIONAL DAY OF
ACTION FOR FOREST JOBS
MONDAY JANUARY 22 2007

PLEASE SIGN AN ONLINE PETITION TO
YOUR LOCAL MPP

TERMINALS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN
THE NEWS AND THE KRAFT

NEWS ROBO –SERVE
8:30 A.M - 4 P.M

KRAFT AREA WILL BE IN
JIM HUNTER’S OLD SAFETY OFFICE
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
ANYONE WITH INERNET ACCESS CAN GO TO
CEP.CA
AND FILL IN A PETITION

FRATERNALLY YOURS,
LOCAL 39 EXECUTIVE

GREAT LAKES LOCAL 39 CEP MEMBERS

* CRISIS IN THE FOREST INDUSTRY *

The following letter was handed out at the recent Community Rally at City Hall. We will be sending a mass mailing of all the letters collected. Please get your letter to the Union office or one of the Executive as soon as possible.

June 14, 2006

The Honourable Dalton McGuinty
Premier of Ontario
Room 281, Legislative Building
Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1

Dear Premier:

I want to take this opportunity to recognize the important and much needed decision your government recently made in support of the beleaguered forest products industry in this province. The decision to reduce delivered fibre costs to a more competitive level addresses one of the most important recommendations of the Minister’s Council on Forest Sector Competitiveness.  However, that support by itself only provides breathing room for the industry.

The industry will not survive in the long term when faced with the highest energy costs among competing jurisdictions in North America.  That is why many people impacted by this crisis were pleased when both yourself and Minister of Energy Donna Cansfield recently stated that regional hydro pricing was being considered. The “energy island” reality of a vast portion of Northern Ontario is a justifiable reason for immediate and substantive action on this issue. An immediate $15 per mwh reduction on purchased electricity retroactive to January 1 is needed, and should remain in place until $45 per mwh all inclusive cost of electricity is implemented.

Communities across Ontario who depend on the forest industry for their survival urge you and your government to provide relief from our energy crisis.

Please act now before it’s too late for our jobs … too late for our community.

Mr. Premier - KEEP PEOPLE WORKING.

Yours truly,

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CEPLAC ACTION CENTRE

There has been a satellite office set up for the laid off Bowater employees (CEP, I.B.E.W., I.U.O.E., O.P.E.I.U., MANAGEMENT STAFF) at the CEP Centre at 516 South High Street. The number is 346-1748 or on line at www.ceplac.ca .

They are trained to help you, and have gone through a lay off from other CEP mills in the city.