"Cruel, arrogante, mentirosa empregadora, nao nos renderemos!"

"Vicious, Arrogant, Lying Employer, we will not be broken!"

"Cruel, arrogante, mentirosa empregadora, nao nos renderemos!"

Strikers Wayne Belanger (left), Jamie West, Todd Chretien and Maurice Godard man the United Steelworkers picket line Monday outside Vale Inco’s Copper Cliff Smelter Complex. As the strike enters its fourth week, news reports indicate job and investment cuts by Vale Inco’s parent company, Vale SA, have raised the ire of Brazil’s president, who reportedly wants the government to pursue greater control over the corporation.

Denis St. Pierre, The Sudbury Star

Grevistas Wayne Belanger (esq.), Jamie West, Todd Chretien and Maurice Godard, os trabalhadores mineiros protestam em frente a uma das instalacoes da Vale no Canada. Com a greve entrando em sua quarta semana, meios de imprensa do Brasil indicam que os cortes de investimento e de emprego da Vale tem provocado a ira do Presidente Lula, que teria manifestado o desejo de que o governo venha a exercer maior controle sobre a empresa.