ArcelorMittal Mines and Infrastructure Canada says a strike by its workers has ended after they ratified a deal reached between the company and the United Steelworkers.
The approval ends a labour dispute involving 2,500 workers across five union locals that began on May 10.
ArcelorMittal says the new four-year collective agreement will provide stability for both employees and the company’s partners.
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Details of the agreement were not immediately available, but the union had been seeking improvements in wages, pensions and allowances based on working and living in remote northern communities.
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Workers had rejected a previous offer earlier this year.
The workers are employed at several of the company’s locations including the Mont-Wright mining complex and Fire Lake mine in the Côte-Nord region, and at a pelletizing plant in Port-Cartier, Que., about 575 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
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