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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge W246 (IAM) President Tom Thede reported Monday, Oct. 24, that it (along with two federal mediators) has reached a tentative agreement with Weyerhaeuser following day-long negotiations on Thursday.

More than 1,100 employees on the West Coast halted production at two log-export facilities, two log truck operations, seven logging camps and four sawmills on Sept. 13. Workers at the firm's Lebanon site finished their fifth week of a strike Wednesday, Oct. 19.

The contention centers around an age-old dispute: what employees...