By Beverly Bernardo May 31, 2021
Krystelle Levesque-LeclercStriking steelworkers rally May 12 in Port-Cartier, Quebec, against “final” contract demands by ArcelorMittal. Strikers include 2,500 iron ore miners, processing, rail and office workers.
PORT-CARTIER, Quebec After rejecting ArcelorMittal’s “final” offer, 2,500 iron ore miners and processing, rail, and office workers here and in Fermont went on strike May 10.
“The stakes in our strike include wages, medical premiums, the retirement fund and working conditions,” Krystelle Levesque-Leclerc, a production worker in the pelletizing plant and a member of United Steelworkers Local 8664, told the
Militant on the picket line May 13. “We have been without a contract since Feb. 28.”