(Reuters) -Canadian union Unifor said on Sunday about 900 workers had started strike action at global miner Rio Tinto’s operations in the western Canadian province of British Columbia. Unifor issued a 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday after nearly seven weeks of unproductive talks over proposed changes to workers’ retirement benefits and unresolved grievances. “Rio Tinto has made every effort to reach a mutually beneficial agreement through negotiating with Unifor over the past seven weeks, and will continue to do so,” the company said in the statement. “Rio Tinto was given every opportunity to reach a fair deal but showed complete disregard for our issues,” the union said in a statement. Rio had earlier sought an order from the province’s labour relations board declaring power plant workers essential, according to a union bulletin.

Source: MetroXpress July 25, 2021 08:15 UTC