Full production is expected to take between three to four weeks now that the three-week strike at Falconbridge Ltd.’s Sudbury operations is over.
The membership of Local 598 of the Mine Mill/Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) voted 93 per cent in favour of accepting a new three-year deal. Long-term job security, and ensuring work on future major projects will be done by Local 598 members and not by contractors were main issues. The union met its goals and objectives, said union president Rick Grylls.
