SUDBURY, ONT. — Xstrata Nickel and the Canadian Auto workers reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday night — just minutes before a midnight strike deadline.
Company spokesman Ian Hamilton said early Thursday that a memorandum of agreement was signed and will be voted on by members.
Details of the deal were not released.
“We think the tentative agreement is fair, we think it's competitive and that it meets the needs of both the company and of the union,” Mr. Hamilton said.
The union represents more than 1,000 mine, mill, and smelter workers who work at the operation that accounts for about 4 per cent of the world's nickel smelting capacity.
Both sides had said they were optimistic that an agreement could be reached.
The union had gone on strike during its previous three contract negotiations.
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