Comments on: Weyerhaeuser: “Under My Skin” http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-494464 Justin Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:06:07 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-494464 Sheera, Thanks for that unfortunate news. Clearcutting stolen forests and building toxic, flammable products is certainly not sustainable, for a business, its shareholders, employees or the environment. Sheera,

Thanks for that unfortunate news. Clearcutting stolen forests and building toxic, flammable products is certainly not sustainable, for a business, its shareholders, employees or the environment.

]]> By: sheera macfarlane http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-494437 sheera macfarlane Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:33:53 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-494437 When I was employed by these People? the stock price was 110.00 per share. Today it is approx. 17.50 per share. It seems apparent that consumers have gotton a whiff of what weyerhauser and its products are all about. Check out youtube of engineered lumber homes burning within minutes. Several firefighters have been killed falling thru the engineered i-joists floor systems and roof trusses. There are claims that this product is "GREEN". Methel diphenol-diisocyanates are what are used to glue the wood strands together, check out Bhopol India gas leak from union carbide plant which killed 3000 people in one night and sickened hundreds of thousands of people over the last 30 years. Methel diphenol di-icocyanates were used in thier fertilizer plant. It is highly reactive to fire and water. I personally would not build a home of of this stuff if they gave it to me. I used to make these products. Recently there have been more layoffs including Middle Management here in Kenora and rumour has it that this mill won't be here much longer. They have been stopped from stealing wood from the Whiskey Jack Forest, a traditional land of the Ojibway Nation, Hooray. When I was employed by these People? the stock price was 110.00 per share. Today it is approx. 17.50 per share. It seems apparent that consumers have gotton a whiff of what weyerhauser and its products are all about. Check out youtube of engineered lumber homes burning within minutes. Several firefighters have been killed falling thru the engineered i-joists floor systems and roof trusses. There are claims that this product is “GREEN”. Methel diphenol-diisocyanates are what are used to glue the wood strands together, check out Bhopol India gas leak from union carbide plant which killed 3000 people in one night and sickened hundreds of thousands of people over the last 30 years. Methel diphenol di-icocyanates were used in thier fertilizer plant. It is highly reactive to fire and water. I personally would not build a home of of this stuff if they gave it to me. I used to make these products. Recently there have been more layoffs including Middle Management here in Kenora and rumour has it that this mill won’t be here much longer. They have been stopped from stealing wood from the Whiskey Jack Forest, a traditional land of the Ojibway Nation, Hooray.

]]> By: Jack Pratt http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-184111 Jack Pratt Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:26:32 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-184111 Justin Rolfe-Redding can go hump a tree Justin Rolfe-Redding can go hump a tree

]]> By: Jeremiah http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-163514 Jeremiah Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:34:57 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-163514 Wow I found this while looking for info about Quadrant Homes.I too agree with Sue I'm gonna buy one just to piss of the tree huggers. Do you really think Weyerhaeuser is the only company cutting down trees? If you have anything in your home made from a wood product then somebody cut down trees to make it give it a break everybody is doing their part to destroy the planet get on-board...Do you also think Weyerhaeuser is the first to lay people off or have cut backs? How stupid can you be both my parents have been laid off or let go due to cut backs my mother worked for Delco-Remo when I was a child and she was let go and the plant she worked in was shut down don't you think that affected families? If you want to complain about companies destroying the enviroment then take a good look at the goverment/military... Wow I found this while looking for info about Quadrant Homes.I too agree with Sue I’m gonna buy one just to piss of the tree huggers. Do you really think Weyerhaeuser is the only company cutting down trees? If you have anything in your home made from a wood product then somebody cut down trees to make it give it a break everybody is doing their part to destroy the planet get on-board…Do you also think Weyerhaeuser is the first to lay people off or have cut backs? How stupid can you be both my parents have been laid off or let go due to cut backs my mother worked for Delco-Remo when I was a child and she was let go and the plant she worked in was shut down don’t you think that affected families? If you want to complain about companies destroying the enviroment then take a good look at the goverment/military…

]]> By: Brant http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-86399 Brant Wed, 02 May 2007 21:53:27 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-86399 Matt, you IP address indicates you work for Weyerhaeuser. Please get back to work and think about changing things from within. Sue, this is my job. Now, back to work! Matt, you IP address indicates you work for Weyerhaeuser. Please get back to work and think about changing things from within.

Sue, this is my job. Now, back to work!

]]> By: Matt http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-85954 Matt Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:13:02 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-85954 Morons, Why don't you ever point out that Weyerehaeuser replants three fold everything they cut. Morons,

Why don’t you ever point out that Weyerehaeuser replants three fold everything they cut.

]]> By: Sue http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-79616 Sue Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:41:02 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-79616 i will buy a quadrant home becuase im so tired of environmental activists.... get a job! i will buy a quadrant home becuase im so tired of environmental activists…. get a job!

]]> By: Sheera MacFarlane http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-62852 Sheera MacFarlane Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:45:32 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-62852 Now that Weyerhaeuser has permanently layed off 41 employees and temporarily laid off 50+ more here in kenora Ontario Canada, Employees are eagerly talking about this company.The stories that are circulating in this community are incredible. Rumors are circulating that even the Plant Manager may have been demoted and put on contract. The devastating effects that these employees are going thru should be a clear indication that although Weyerhaeuser claims that they really care about them is just another lie. Temporarily laid off employees have quit and/or have left town to search for other employment, people are selling or have sold their homes, families have been separated, marriages have dissolved, people are devastated. This company and any company that is associated with them are now being exposed for what they truly are. Now that Weyerhaeuser has permanently layed off 41 employees and temporarily laid off 50+ more here in kenora Ontario Canada, Employees are eagerly talking about this company.The stories that are circulating in this community are incredible. Rumors are circulating that even the Plant Manager may have been demoted and put on contract. The devastating effects that these employees are going thru should be a clear indication that although Weyerhaeuser claims that they really care about them is just another lie. Temporarily laid off employees have quit and/or have left town to search for other employment, people are selling or have sold their homes, families have been separated, marriages have dissolved, people are devastated. This company and any company that is associated with them are now being exposed for what they truly are.

]]> By: Leigh McKeirnan http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-42783 Leigh McKeirnan Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:34:02 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-42783 This email is for Rainforest-please look into who is on the title of all teh companies Weyeerhaeuser has connections with -like Quadrant homes-I think you will find huge connections This email is for Rainforest-please look into who is on the title of all teh companies Weyeerhaeuser has connections with -like Quadrant homes-I think you will find huge connections

]]> By: Rainforest Action Network - RAN.org http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-39636 Rainforest Action Network - RAN.org Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:46:03 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-39636 [...] posted by Brant in RAN General, Old Growth on October 2nd, 2006 Recent activities in Seattle and LA and over 2000 letters sent to Quadrant CEO Peter Orser are begining to make an impact. Last week, the company issued emails signed by Mr. Orser (download a copy here). [...] [...] posted by Brant in RAN General, Old Growth on October 2nd, 2006 Recent activities in Seattle and LA and over 2000 letters sent to Quadrant CEO Peter Orser are begining to make an impact. Last week, the company issued emails signed by Mr. Orser (download a copy here). [...]

]]> By: Brant http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-38999 Brant Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:10:16 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-38999 Thanks for the feedback Sheera. How are workers reacting to the slowdown? Think there's any chance of some dialogue? Thanks for the feedback Sheera. How are workers reacting to the slowdown? Think there’s any chance of some dialogue?

]]> By: sheera macfarlane http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-38996 sheera macfarlane Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:54:30 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-38996 The kenora Timberstrand mill is now facing another week of production shutdown due to poor markets. Employees reveal that the plan after the shutdown is complete is that 2 days a week untill further notice production will be halted. Big Wigs from the Company were on site on Sept 28th and the jest of the talk was interpreted as doom and gloom for this mill by employees. I guess you reap what you sow. The kenora Timberstrand mill is now facing another week of production shutdown due to poor markets. Employees reveal that the plan after the shutdown is complete is that 2 days a week untill further notice production will be halted. Big Wigs from the Company were on site on Sept 28th and the jest of the talk was interpreted as doom and gloom for this mill by employees. I guess you reap what you sow.

]]> By: Geoffrey L. Heabler http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-37696 Geoffrey L. Heabler Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:05:17 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-37696 Is there a furniture manufacturer or reupholsterer out there who would care to help me produce a line of furniture, based on picture`s of life in the rainforest. It could be auctioned and all of the money/less cost could be donated to rainforest preservation, Is there a furniture manufacturer or reupholsterer out there who would care to help me produce a line of furniture, based on picture`s of life in the rainforest. It could be auctioned and all of the money/less cost could be donated to rainforest preservation,

]]> By: Chris Muschong http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-37330 Chris Muschong Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:16:37 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-37330 We can contact Weyerhaeuser by email, from their website. I told them I'm not using their wood to finish my basement because of their logging in the Grassy Narrow's land. If more people vow to hit them where it hurts, maybe they will listen. http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/aboutus/contactus/byemail.asp We can contact Weyerhaeuser by email, from their website. I told them I’m not using their wood to finish my basement because of their logging in the Grassy Narrow’s land. If more people vow to hit them where it hurts, maybe they will listen.

http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/aboutus/contactus/byemail.asp

]]> By: Christy http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-36275 Christy Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:13:51 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-36275 Inspiring work you're doing! Wicked good-- keep it up! Inspiring work you’re doing! Wicked good– keep it up!

]]> By: David http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-35057 David Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:07:29 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-35057 Hey Shannon, It would be great if your son complained to Quadrant and asked them to stop using Weyerhaeuser LSL products stolen from the traditional territory of Grassy Narrows. The evidence linking this human rights and environmental abuse to Quadrant is in this report: http://freegrassy.org/learn_more/evidence/reports/adnn/ You can find many ways to keep Weyerhaeuser honest here: http://freegrassy.org/take_action/ If your son is interested in speaking out as a decieved homebuyer with an ethical and environmental conscience he can contact me at dsone@ran.org. Hey Shannon,

It would be great if your son complained to Quadrant and asked them to stop using Weyerhaeuser LSL products stolen from the traditional territory of Grassy Narrows. The evidence linking this human rights and environmental abuse to Quadrant is in this report:

http://freegrassy.org/learn_more/evidence/reports/adnn/

You can find many ways to keep Weyerhaeuser honest here:

http://freegrassy.org/take_action/

If your son is interested in speaking out as a decieved homebuyer with an ethical and environmental conscience he can contact me at dsone@ran.org.

]]> By: Jason Wrobel http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-34618 Jason Wrobel Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:34:45 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-34618 Thanks for the enlightening activism. The pictures of Puget Sound are absolutely horrifying. Keep fighting the good fight! Thanks for the enlightening activism. The pictures of Puget Sound are absolutely horrifying. Keep fighting the good fight!

]]> By: sheera macfarlane http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-34576 sheera macfarlane Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:26:32 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-34576 Hello RAN Weyerhaeuser here in Kenora Ontario has just shut down production of its Timberstrand Mill, now called iLevel, for 1 month because the market is not good. Workers at the mill believe that the production shutdown may be longer. Many of the workers are looking for other employment due to low moral. Workers report that management at the mill have informed them that there is between 90 and 100 million dollars of this product sitting in the yards of their three mills combined, Hazard Kentucky, Deerwood Minnesota and Kenora. Perhaps people are researching Weyerhaeuser product history, close to a billion dollars in lawsuits due to faulty and substanderd product, and maybe they don't want to build their homes from stolen resources and plastic wood. Hello RAN
Weyerhaeuser here in Kenora Ontario has just shut down production of its Timberstrand Mill, now called iLevel, for 1 month because the market is not good. Workers at the mill believe that the production shutdown may be longer. Many of the workers are looking for other employment due to low moral. Workers report that management at the mill have informed them that there is between 90 and 100 million dollars of this product sitting in the yards of their three mills combined, Hazard Kentucky, Deerwood Minnesota and Kenora. Perhaps people are researching Weyerhaeuser product history, close to a billion dollars in lawsuits due to faulty and substanderd product, and maybe they don’t want to build their homes from stolen resources and plastic wood.

]]> By: Shannan Eid http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-34562 Shannan Eid Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:07:12 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-34562 Reading this is certainly enlightening and disappointing, as my son and his family bought one of these Quadrant homes in Redmond. They are very environmentally concerned people and will be highly upset to know the facts. I hope you will distribute these facts in the Redmond Ridge area, as the people there should become aware. Shame on Weyerhaeuser and Quadrant. Is the city of Redmond aware of the facts? Reading this is certainly enlightening and disappointing, as my son and his family bought one of these Quadrant homes in Redmond. They are very environmentally concerned people and will be highly upset to know the facts. I hope you will distribute these facts in the Redmond Ridge area, as the people there should become aware. Shame on Weyerhaeuser and Quadrant. Is the city of Redmond aware of the facts?

]]> By: Sue Iri http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-34558 Sue Iri Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:32:10 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/09/11/weyerhaeuser-under-my-skin/#comment-34558 Good for you guys, they should know they are not acting in a vacuum! Good for you guys, they should know they are not acting in a vacuum!

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