BECANCOUR, Que. - Employees of the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour, Que., who have been locked out for nearly 18 months, have accepted the company’s latest offer. Meeting in Trois-Rivieres, Que., workers voted 79.8 per cent in favour of the proposal. The company insisted that failure to accept the final offers would have resulted in the closure of the remaining production pots. United Steelworkers Local 9700 president Clement Masse resigned after workers didn’t follow his recommendation to reject the offers for six-year contracts that include salary increases of 15.3 per cent.

Source: thestar July 02, 2019 17:37 UTC