Humberto takes a look at Vale Inco, the company has a less than stellar environmental and legal record...
Vale Inco
Not Rex: U.S. 'Steal'
On this week's Not Rex, Humberto DaSilva reports on the U.S. Steel purchase of a Hamilton plant and the resulting impacts on its workers:
U.S. "Steal" bought Stelco plant in Hamilton, Ontario for the amount Stelco had underfunded its pension plan. U.S. Steel promised the deal would be a "net benefit" to Canada. But now the workers of the U.S. Steel plant are locked out and all production has shifted south of the border. So what's the government doing? Not much. Oh well, at least someone is writing labour verse again.
November 19, 2010 |
Vale’s latest “investment” announcement continues a public-relations campaign more concerned about image than providing net benefits to Canadian communities.
Not Rex: Vale go home!
Last week the winner of our Not Rex Murphy Contest, Humberto DaSilva asked "what's a Grecian Urn? - apparently less and less after the deficit shock" (ta-da) and took governments and multinationals to task on the Greek "shock".
Today Humberto is back and takes a look at how Vale, the company that bought Inco has a less than stellar environmental and legal record and yet was let into our borders. . . now why was that? Check it out below!
Humerto's views are his own (and Not Rex's).
February 8, 2010 |
The recently negotiated agreement between Xstrata Nickel and CAW 598 reconfirms Vale Inco's responsibility to resume bargaining in good faith with USW 6500 members.
November 10, 2009 |
Members of Unite the Union picketed Nov. 9 outside a Deutsche Bank metals conference in the City of London.
September 18, 2009 |
In the largest gathering of international labour leaders northern Ontario has ever seen, leaders representing more than 150 million workers will rally Saturday for Vale Inco strikers.
September 3, 2009 |
Ministers Kenney and Finley must ensure that Vale Inco not be permitted to bring in temporary foreign workers during the strikes in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Voisey’s Bay.
