Who cares? If they don't get enough fellers then they will raise wages and overall comp. until they do. If they have enough, they will lower wages until they d

Who cares? If they don't get enough fellers then they will raise wages and overall comp. until they do. If they have enough, they will lower wages until they don't. It is a functioning labour market, and the degree to which people desire to work for lumber companies is reflected in the wages, and in turn the price of lumber. If anything, at $18/hr for dangerous hard labour, they obviously have plenty of people who want to be fellers. There's no other way that wage would be so low. If they have a shortage, lumber simply costs a bit more.