“Glencore has been continually pushing the limits,” said Eric Savard, president of Steelworkers Local 9449, in a press release. “It even balks at providing a proper lunch hour to workers who are working 11 hours a day, 21 days in a row. It’s reached the point where those who refuse to work overtime are given the cold shoulder by the bosses.
“It’s time for this company to show greater respect for the workers who are generating its profits of tens of millions of dollars each year,” Savard added.
Raglan Mine’s vice-president Pierre Barrette, however, said that the company presented a fair offer that would have made the mine’s employees “among the best paid” in the mining industry.
“The union’s actions are particularly disappointing considering the recent arrival of an independent mediator and the openness the company demonstrated to improve the initial offer,” Barrette said in a press…
