Anti- heesement eae takes

place at Cameco operatio!

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McArthur River operations in May.
Th i deli d

District staff rep Lee Edwards and

Kelly Howey, the company’s wellness

coarclinever Iti iS poped that courses
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Lee'Edwards

jose operations
that want to be proactive on harass-
ment issues.” District 3 instructor
Beth Shemko has also delivered train-
ing at Doepker industries in Moose

im have also been through
anti-harassment training.

Contracts ratified at Doepker plants

Three-year agreements with increas-
wages and

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3 0 32 per cent

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pans are located
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Bernie Welke
feaieneln:Humbolt (Local 5917-27).

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Doepker's fourth plant, in Salmon
Arm, BC, was organized by USW
Local 1-417, based in Kamloops, late
last year.

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about retirement benefits. riciarp sovce

(> Early Contract Talks at Highland Valley In Logan Lake, BC one of
District 3’s largest single unit local unions, Local 7619, has been in and out of
collective bargaining talks with Teck Cominco’s Highland Valley Copper
since February of this year. The company requested a renewed agreement
prior to the expiry date of September 30, 2006. Local president Richard
Boyce says the company “has gone soft on monetary issues” and that address-
ing pension issues are a high priority item for the workforce and negotiating

Elk Valley Coal Corporation’s (EVCC)
Elkview operations, near Sparwood, BC, rati-
fied a five year collective agreement on June
12. More than 630 Steelworkers were ready
to go on strike to back their demands. “The
solidarity of our members brought the
| employer back to the table,” says staff repre-
i A peutic Steve Dewell. The agecanrai
Elkview operation workers got 3 Peat

LOCAL 9346

the-board

21.1 per cent, bring the Svoulters to closer

parity with other union coal miners. More than a month earlier, Local 7884
members at the company’s Fording River open pit mine ratified a five-year
agreement with 3 per cent in each year. Both local unions negotiated a $4,500

m4 signing bonus in year with an additional
$1,000 in year two of their contracts. [> In
Support of Los Mineros Like other
Canadian districts, District 3 joined the
USW’s international campaign to support
trade union autonomy in Mexico by calling
|| for the reinstatement of Los Mineros Leader
Napoleon Gomez. Members from 3 BC
Lower Mainland locals leafleted the Mexican
consulate in Vancouver on April 19 and delivered a letter from District 3
Director Steve Hunt, calling for Gomez’s rightful return to office.

PP
NORMAN GARCIA

28 | JUNE 2006 THE ALLIED WORKER