Tuesday 26 October 2010

Inquiry to start into 15-month strike at Labrador nickel mine


Published Sunday October 24th, 2010
THE CANADIAN PRESS


ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland government will go ahead with an industrial inquiry into the 15-month strike at the Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Labrador.

Talks between the United Steelworkers and the mine's owner, Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Ltd., ended without agreement Friday despite a last-minute bid to end the stalemate by Premier Danny Williams.

Williams had imposed a deadline on the two sides to resolve the dispute, saying he would go ahead with the inquiry if a deal wasn't reached by last Friday.

Human Resources Minister Susan Sullivan says she's dismayed that the government has to intervene.

She says the government has given a three-member commission broad terms of reference to investigate the dispute.

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