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Vale Inco Strike Documents

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Vale Inco Strike

            


The strike is by Vale Inco production and maintenance workers with USW Local 6500 in Sudbury and Local 6200 in PortColborne which began on July 13, 2009.

Below we have posted several documents in regards to the ongoing labour dispute.


Vale Inco Company Settlement Proposal dated July 3, 2009




Mayor John Rodriguez's letter to Industry Canada Minister Tony Clement in regards to the minister's "Valley of Death comment that Sudbury faced.




Court injunction between Vale Inco and the Steelworkers dated July 29, 2009




Letter from Wayne Fraser, Director, District 6 United Steelworkers informing Vale Inco negotiating team that the union is available for negotiations.




Revised court injunction between Vale Inco and the Steelworkers dated December 22, 2009




A note to Vale Inco employees along with a brochure titled "Setting the record straight on the USW strike against Vale Inco" mailed to striking Steelworkers on the 6 month anniversary of the dispute.




A Vale Inco strategy workshop document presented to management on June 15 - 16, 2009




NDP leader Jack Layton's letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper "regarding the urgent matter of the on-going strike my members of United Steelworkers Local 6500" dated February 12, 2010




Vale Inco's offer to settle the strike dated March 7, 2010 ending 10 days of mediated discussions between the company and the Steelworkers.




A United Steelworkers Report titled Vale's Unsustainable Approach to Canadian Mining which was distributed in The Sudbury Star on Thursday, March 25, 2010.




Court ruling between Vale Inco and the Steelworkers dated March 24, 2010




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