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900 workers at Rio Tinto's British Columbia smelter strike against contract labour, shredding of pension rights


900 workers at Rio Tinto’s British Columbia smelter strike over contract labour and pension rights
Around 900 workers walked off the job at mining conglomerate Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelting facility in Kitimat and power plant in Kemano, British Columbia early Sunday morning. The workers, for whom Unifor Local 2301 is the bargaining agent, are striking against the highly profitable company’s ever-expanding use of temporary contract labour and its refusal to grant workers hired since 2019 defined-benefit pensions.
Talks between the Australia-based multinational, which is the third-largest mining corporation in the world, and union representatives began on June 7. Management immediately made clear its determination to enforce aggressive cost-cutting measures, even though the company raked in net profits of US $9.8 billion in 2020. ....

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72-hour strike notice issued by union representing Rio Tinto workers in Kitimat, Kemano


72-hour strike notice issued by union representing Rio Tinto workers in Kitimat, Kemano
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Published Thursday, July 22, 2021 3:48PM PDT
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A cargo ship sits docked at Rio Tinto Alcan s Kitimat Smelter on Douglas Channel, in Kitimat, B.C., on Jan. 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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With files from The Canadian Press
The union representing Rio Tinto employees in Kitimat and Kemano has issued a 72-hour strike notice after nearly seven weeks of negotiations.  
Unifor Local 2301, which represents about 900 workers at Rio Tinto’s Kitimat smelter and Kemano power generating facility, announced earlier this week that their members had unanimously voted in support of a potential strike. ....

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