
Soon after, Leeland Stamper, Henry's other son and Hank's half-brother, appears at the house after years of absence.

Despite Draeger's appeals and veiled threats, the Stamper men remain cold and steadfast, further infuriating their neighbors. In response, Henry declares that, as the family has "worked for dogs for generations," no one can tell them how to run their business.

Draeger appeals to their sense of community, asking them to hold their logs from the combine and sell them later to another company. One day, union president Jonathan Draeger arrives to speak to Henry, the family patriarch who wears an arm cast due to a recent accident, and his son Hank. When the Stamper family, who own an independent logging business, refuse to join the strikers, they are considered traitors by the locals.

The logging town of Wakonda, Oregon has been thrown in economic despair because of the local union's strike against a large lumber combine.
