About 900 Rio Tinto workers at the company’s aluminum smelting facilities in Kitimat, B-C, have gone on strike.
The walkout began Sunday at one minute after midnight.
Unifor Local 2301, which represents the workers, had issued a 72-hour strike notice after nearly seven weeks of negotiations.
Jerry Dias, Unifor’s National President, says the strike comes down to what he calls “Rio Tinto’s greed and lack of respect” for the union members working at the Kitimat smelting facilities.
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