Unions offer workers a solution: a strong, unified voice, working together for a common goal. By voting YES you will join over 5,000 other Canadian USW Vale workers who know the difference that being unionized has made to each and every one of them.
Vote YES for a real voice at the bargaining table.
Vote YES to protect your rights and to ensure that discipline is for just cause only.
Vote YES for the respect and dignity that comes though negotiating better working conditions.
Vote YES for the security of having those conditions in a written, legally binding contract.
This is about your future. This is about having a say in your workplace. It is about showing the company, in large numbers, how you feel. You make Vale a success, so you deserve a voice in your future.
Make a plan to vote. For example, plan to arrive early on Wednesday and take 2 minutes to vote before your shift starts. Simple as that. You can vote at:
Long Harbour Processing Plant Site, 2nd floor, CRR Lunchroom
Good things happen when workers stand together! This vote will be a secret and confidential ballot, run by officials of the Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Relations Board. No one will know how you or anyone else votes. Here is a sample of what your ballot will look like:
Talk to you soon,
Al and Amanda
United Steelworkers
Al at 685-8095
You can also subscribe to our text message info alert system. If you aren’t on it text VALE to the number 32-32-3.
Email: vale@usw.ca
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