Xstrata Copper Canada is pleased to announce it has reached a tentative agreement with the Union Executives of CAW-Local 599 for the renewal of the collective agreement at the Kidd Metallurgical site.
Kidd Metallurgical employees are expected to vote on the agreement on November 6, 2008. The collective agreement expired on September 30, 2008 at midnight [...]

Xstrata Copper Canada announces that the Kidd Metallurgical site and CAW-Local 599 were unable to agree to the terms for a new collective agreement. As a result, CAW Local 599 initiated a strike. The existing collective agreement expired at midnight, September 30, 2008.
“Despite the Union having broken off talks at 2 pm on Monday, the [...]