Picketlines are up at Vale's mines, mill and smelter in Sudbury as the union representing 2,400 workers have voted down a tentative agreement with the mining giant.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale said in a securities filing on Tuesday it will suspend operations at its Sudbury, Canada nickel mine, after its proposal for a five-year contract was rejected by the United Steelworkers union.
United Steelworkers Local 6500, which represents 2,600 workers at the mine, said in a statement that 70% of those who voted were opposed to the Vale offer and wanted the union - whose bargaining committee had recommended the preliminary deal - to return to the bargaining table.
“What we have is a clear message from our membership that our bargaining team . has taken back to the company,” said Kevin Boyd, vice president at USW Local 6500, adding that talks are ongoing.
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Union bosses representing the majority of the workforce at Algoma Steel Inc. aren’t saying much on record about the $1.7 billion merger agreement the company has entered into with special-purpose acquisition company Legato Merger Corp.
The merger agreement, which would see the Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker become a publicly traded company, was officially announced by Algoma Steel and Legato via conference call Tuesday.
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