Unionized workers at the Mount Polley copper mine in Canada have voted 79% to accept a new three-year contract, ending a 10-week strike.
The contract as an effective date of January 1, 2018, and employees are currently being recalled to work to reestablish normal operations, according to the mine owner Imperial Metals Corp. The collective agreement with USW Local 1-2017 had terminated on December 31, 2017. After efforts to renew the collective agreement through mediation proved unsuccessful, unionized employees initiated strike action on May 23 following what had been intended to be a three-hour lock out...