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In This Section: Negotiations Messages
Updates to www.valeinconegotiations.com
July 12th, 2010Q&As on return to work, benefits reinstatement, vacation canvas, etc.
Message to Employees – July 1, 2010
July 1st, 2010Enough is enough. And we’ve had enough. Enough misrepresentation of Vale’s bargaining positions.
We don’t understand why USW officials said in the last two days that Vale tried to change the deals that were reached on Tuesday, June 22 after a marathon bargaining session.
Here’s what really happened. We reached unconditional agreements for settlement for both Sudbury [...]
A Message To All Ontario Operations Employees
June 29th, 2010Hello everyone,
I am writing to provide you with the latest news regarding our efforts to negotiate new collective agreements with USW Locals 6500 and 6200 and end the strikes.
We recognize that employees are anxious for information and are anxious to return to normal operations. Until now, both the union and the company have operated under [...]
Ontario Operations resumes production
May 20th, 2010The safe and dedicated work of repair teams is being credited with a return to production at the Copper Cliff Smelter this week following an incident in which an extension of the Fluid Bed Drier stack at the complex fell to the ground earlier this month. The single furnace was back on-line and in production [...]
Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story
April 5th, 2010“Instead of arguing bad faith bargaining complaints at the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Vale should now get back to the table and negotiate a fair deal.”
Amazingly, the above quote was attributed to a local USW leader in a press release issued by the union last week following the successful conclusion of contract negotiations between Vale [...]
Media Release – March 31, 2010
March 31st, 2010Vale Inco reaches new collective agreement with USW Local 2020-005
Court imposes limits on picket line numbers
March 26th, 2010In a strongly-worded decision rendered late Wednesday afternoon, Justice Gordon of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice responded to a Vale Inco injunction motion by limiting the number of picketers at any one picket line to eight individuals.
The motion was argued in the Sudbury courts over two days this month with the company filing more [...]
An open message to striking employees – March 16, 2010
March 16th, 2010In the wake of last week’s rejection of the company’s offer to end the strike, this much is clear – the USW leadership, as they have demonstrated time and again over the last nine months, are more committed to misrepresenting and manipulating the facts than they are to ending the current labour dispute.
Never before [...]
Message to Employees – March 7, 2010
March 7th, 2010 New five-year offer to settle the strike rejected by USW
During the course of recently concluded mediated talks with the USW, Vale Inco tabled a new five-year offer to end the current strike and return employees to work.
This offer was rejected by the USW and, as a result, the mediator declared an impasse and [...]