<B>Strike Possible At Willamette Mill</B>

Negotiations are underway at Willamette’s Campti, La., paperboard mill between management and 270 union members. The union has voted to strike Feb. 4.

Joe Drexler, special projects director for the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union, said one of the main issues is the ”failure of Willamette to reach agreement on the 401K plan.”

According to Drexler, the Campti mill is the most profitable of all Willamette’s mills, making up around 24 percent of the company’s total profits.

A spokeswoman for Willamette feels that the strike is mere posturing, saying that the threat of a strike is only a strategy the union carries.