VANCOUVER, British Columbia (News release) -- Western Forest Products Inc. announced that employees represented by the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 at La-kwa sa muqw Forestry Limited Partnership ("LFLP") have voted to ratify a new collective agreement. The 6-year collective agreement is retroactive and expires June 14, 2030.

With the collective agreement ratified, LFLP is planning a safe and immediate return to work, ending the work stoppage that began in June 2025.

LFLP is a limited partnership between the Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, and K'ómoks First Nations (members of the Nanwakolas Council) (collectively, the "Nations") and Western, announced in March 2024. The Nations hold a 34% interest in LFLP, with Western holding the remaining 66% interest. LFLP owns certain assets and liabilities of Western's former Mid-Island Forest Operation, including Tree Farm Licence 64, and supplies timber to coastal B.C. mills, including Western, under a long-term fibre supply agreement.