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LABOUR: USW, Vale ink new collective agreement
ONTARIO – The members of USW Local 2020-05 have ratified a new four-year collective agreement with Vale at its Sudbury operations. The agreement comes into effect on April 1, 2013.
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LABOUR RELATIONS: Quadra FNX renews contract for Sudbury Operations
ONTARIO – Quadra FNX Mining of Vancouver has signed a new 36-month collective labour agreement for its mining operations in Sudbury. The agreement includes competitive wage and benefit increases through June 30, 2014. The bonus structure…
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LABOUR UNREST: Contract talks between Vale and Voisey’s Bay union stall
LABRADOR – Readers who breathed a sigh of relief when Vale of Rio de Janeiro and members of Steelworkers Local…
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PERSPECTIVE: What Vale workers got for year on picket line
After 51 weeks on the picket lines, Vale workers at Sudbury and Port Colborne, ON, have ratified a new five-ye…
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LABOUR PEACE: Xstrata Nickel, USW 2020 sign agreement
ONTARIO – A three-year collective agreement has been ratified by United Steelworkers Local 2020 and employer X…
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVE: Vale, union impasse raises ghosts of strikes past
As the strike by Steelworkers Local 6500 at Vale Inco’s Sudbury operations approaches the seven-month mark, I …