Vale Limited - Labour Relations

Labour Relations

Employees for Inco in Canada are represented by the United Steelworkers throughout all the mergers. Because of the mergers the United Steelworkers signed an agreement with all the unions that represent mining workers in countries where Vale/Inco operate to ”...work together cooperatively and strategically as global partners, to build the bargaining power of workers” The unions include Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores no Setor Minera, SINTICIM, Union syndicale des ouvriers et employés de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Union des Syndicats des Travailleurs Kanak et Exploités, Fagforbundet for Industri og Energi, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, and the United Steelworkers.