As part of the ongoing work leading up to bargaining a new Master Agreement next year, USW Paper Sector leadership held a series of Master Education and Wage Review meetings at all 16 of the USW-represented mills at International Paper.
The meetings included a historical review of the Council’s Master and Integration Agreements since 2007, the language and economic provisions achieved in each, and in-depth discussion around wages related to attraction and retention issues unique to the respective sites.
In addition to providing historical context to the current provisions of the Mill Master Agreement and the renewal bargaining process, the Locals had the opportunity to bring current issues impacting their respective sites to Paper Sector leadership and corporate management.
The groups also discussed ways to improve attraction and retention issues around hiring.
Meetings were held at:
- Local 13-162 - Valliant, OK
- Local 103 - Cayuga, IN (Newport Mill)
- Locals 1398, Local 13-391 - Orange, TX
- Local 13-1331 - Campti, LA (Red River Mill),
- Locals 1080, 9-618 - Vicksburg, MS
- Local 13-189 Bogalusa, LA
- Local 804 - Rome, GA
- Locals 462, 1458, 1978 - Prattville, AL
- Locals 1441, 1444 - Selma, AL (Riverdale Mill)
- Locals 336, 339 - Pine Hill, AL
- Locals 444, 1561, 9-447 - Cantonment, FL (Pensacola Mill)
- Local 9-795 – Savannah, GA
- Local 1488 – Franklin, VA
- Local 1167 – New Bern, NC
- Local 9-738 – Riegelwood, NC
- Locals 337 & 378 - Georgetown, SC