OTTAWA – Amidst the turmoil of a tariff war and trade negotiations with a hostile U.S. administration, it is unacceptable that the federal Liberal government is pushing ahead with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – a flawed trade deal projected to kill 58,000 Canadian jobs. “It is inconceivable that the Liberal […]
MONTREAL – Forced onto picket lines since Jan. 11 of this year, locked-out workers from the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour will rally today outside the Quebec leaders’ debate in Montreal, demanding commitments to help resolve an eight-month labour dispute. WHO: Locked-out workers from the ABI aluminum smelter WHAT: Demonstration outside the Quebec leaders’ […]
PITTSBURGH, MONTREAL – Quebec and international leaders of the United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos union met today with Alcoa executives to discuss potential pathways to resolving an eight-month lockout of workers at the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour, Que. The tone of the meeting, held at Alcoa’s corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, was “respectful,” said Steelworkers Quebec […]
BÉCANCOUR, Que. – Aluminum giant Alcoa, embroiled in labour disputes affecting thousands of employees at operations in Quebec and Australia, has received an unenviable mention in the Controversies Journal published by corporate rating and research agency Vigeo Eiris. The Vigeo Eiris report, published in late August, advises international investors of human resources “controversies” at Alcoa […]
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