United Steelworkers Vale Strike

The United Steelworkers is in a hard-fought eight month strike against the world’s second largest mining multinational, Vale. This hugely profitable multinational is demanding massive concessions to its members’ pensions, nickel bonus and seniority in their Sudbury, Port Colborne and Voisey’s Bay operations. This nasty, protracted fight has been relentlessly forced upon them by this foreign multinational through tactics and aggressiveness the likes of which we have rarely seen in this country.

As demonstrated in Sudbury on March 22nd, their strikers are receiving incredible solidarity from the United Steelworker’s allies and supporters from across the country and around the world. This show of solidarity is very encouraging and much appreciated. Included below is a report they have prepared on Vale’s approach to business and mining in Canada which provides an insight into how foreign multinationals are buying up Canada’s resources and not living up to their responsibility to Canada’s communities or workers.

Visit the United Steelworkers our strike website to get background and daily updates related to Vale Inco and this important labour battle: www.FairDealNow.ca

United Steelworkers Report