Students and Labor Unions Rally for RAN

Local Seattle high school students hand delivered 2000 letters addressed to Weyerhaeuser CEO Steve Rogel asking him to stop destroying old-growth forests around the world. The letters, written by elementary school students from 23 states and four countries, are part of “Wake Up Weyerhaeuser,” an international grassroots campaign to transform the barbaric environmental practices of Washington-based logging giant Weyerhaeuser, the number one destroyer of old-growth forests in North America.

Who: Local Seattle-area students
What: Students deliver 2000 letters to Weyerhaeuser CEO Steve Rogel
When: TODAY at 12 noon
Where: Weyerhaeuser Headquarters, Main Building, Federal Way, WA

The student letter-drive follows the passage of resolutions by Seattle-area labor unions demanding that King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng drop the felony charges against the “Weyerhaeuser 9.” King County Labor Council, Washington State Jobs with Justice, Pierce County Central Labor Council, Carpenters Local 131 and SPEEA, the Boeing Engineers Union, passed the resolution

Sample copies of student letters and text of labor union resolutions are available upon request.

Earth’s forests are in a state of crisis and Americans prefer environmental protection.

- 80 percent of the world’s intact old-growth forests have been destroyed or degraded, much within recent decades. World Resources Institute
- Only 4 percent of U.S. old-growth forests remain intact. Native Forests Council
- At least 37.5 million acres of forest are destroyed annually. United Nations
- 70 percent of Americans say they prefer to purchase from companies with environmentally ethical practices. American Demographics
- 9 in 10 Americans favor wilderness protection. Los Angeles Times


Press Contacts:
Paul West

Related Links:
   · Old Growth Campaign