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My Union was decertified as the Signatory Union at the APC 

 mill on April 7, 1987. Since that date APC management has 

 willfully and unlawfully discriminated against the strikers 

 who are, by APC ' s own declaration, the very reason for the 

 existence of the 50-year contracts and the institution of 

 the current timber-harvest policy on the Tongass. Their 

 representatives have said, in past Congressional testimony, 

 that the 50-year contract holders are merely "conduits" to 

 relay the Federal subsidy, from the United States Forest 

 Service, to the workers of the Tongass timber industry. 



Many unfair labor practice charges have been filed with the 

 National Labor Relations Board concerning APC ' s illegal 

 treatment of the workers. Apparently their intent was to 

 punish the workers and to seek retribution for what they 

 perceived to be a threat to their unlimited power to dictate 

 labor policy under the 50-year contracts. In reality, APC 

 obviously feels that the 50-year contracts were conceived to 

 benefit them, and them alone. 



On December 7, 1988, an Administrative Law Judge for the 

 National Labor Relations Board, acting on appeal, found that 

 APC was indeed guilty of committing the vindictive acts that 

 led to the major charges, [see EXHIBIT I] 



My personal involvement with APC is unique, and stands as a 

 monument to their arrogance. They have demonstrated a total 

 disregard for the Congressional process and a deep-rooted 

 contempt for the Constitution of the United States of 

 America. This was aptly high-lighted by a Congressional 

 investigation and hearing held in June of 1988. 



