TORONTO -
The president of a union local representing picketing Vale Inco workers says an ongoing strike isn't going to end any time soon.
Wayne Rae of Local 6200 in Port Colborne, Ont., says the United Steelworkers union is prepared to go back to the bargaining table but the mining company has shown no willingness to compromise.
He says Vale Inco's parent company in Brazil is making huge profits, and shouldn't expect concessions from its Canadian workers.
More than 3,000 workers in Sudbury, Ont., Port Colborne and Voisey's Bay, N.L., have been on strike since mid-July.
Vale chief executive Roger Agnelli has said that Sudbury is the company's highest-cost operation and isn't sustainable at current prices levels.
At issue are proposals by Vale to reduce a bonus tied to the price of nickel and to exempt new employees from its defined-benefit pension plan, moving them instead to a defined-contribution plan.
The president of a union local representing picketing Vale Inco workers says an ongoing strike isn't going to end any time soon.
Wayne Rae of Local 6200 in Port Colborne, Ont., says the United Steelworkers union is prepared to go back to the bargaining table but the mining company has shown no willingness to compromise.
He says Vale Inco's parent company in Brazil is making huge profits, and shouldn't expect concessions from its Canadian workers.
More than 3,000 workers in Sudbury, Ont., Port Colborne and Voisey's Bay, N.L., have been on strike since mid-July.
Vale chief executive Roger Agnelli has said that Sudbury is the company's highest-cost operation and isn't sustainable at current prices levels.
At issue are proposals by Vale to reduce a bonus tied to the price of nickel and to exempt new employees from its defined-benefit pension plan, moving them instead to a defined-contribution plan.
