VALE INCO: Strikers preparing to settle in for a long, cold winter
It’s been 104 days since Vale Inco workers took to the picket line.
With no bargaining or compromise in sight, they’re gearing up for a chilly winter.
“Nobody expected it to last this long,” said Wayne Rae, president of United Steelworkers Local 6200.
“Our push now is to show governments and communities around the world how (Vale Inco) acts. They have no respect for workers.”
Some striking workers from Port Colborne, Sudbury and Voisey’s Bay, N. L., and Steelworkers representatives, made their way to Bay St. in Toronto Wednesday to protest in front of Vale’s office. Another dozen or so representatives were scheduled to make their way to New York to protest at the New York Stock Exchange, where Vale staff unexpectedly pulled out of providing breakfast for investors and ringing the opening bell at the stock exchange.
A protest was also held in Sudbury.
“There is no headway with our company. They don’t want to bargain, they want concessions, huge concessions,” Rae said.
