The court ruled all five must undergo conflict-management training. Interfor has already conducted some training sessions for loggers, but Mr. Crombie said the company is ready to offer them to the entire workforce of 1,500 coastal loggers before the spring logging season gets under way. Easton Snelgrove Inc. Interfor intends to assess the results of the session to develop a broader strategy. Company principal Toby Snelgrove said the five loggers would be taught anger-management skills to detach the situation from emotions. Usually, people are angry because they feel violated and they feel powerless.
Anger is a secondary emotion.
Mr. Snelgrove said after going through a debriefing on the Sept. 15 event, the loggers would undergo an assessment, either with a counsellor or a buddy, to learn what makes them angry. There would be no lecturing. Usually it would be to walk away. Images of violent loggers are part of the international boycott campaign against Interfor. Recipients should seek permission to reprint the article from the source listed above.