Labor lockout in Canada: USW, Fenner Dunlop not close on new contract.

Fenner Dunlop, in its current contract iteration, proposed that workers be transferred to employment insurance, where the Canadian government pays for sick time. During initial talks for the new CBA, Hogg said, Fenner Dunlop proposed pay increases at 1.5 percent in the first two years; 2 percent in the third year; and 3 percent in the final two years. Going on four months now, 60 workers with United Steelworkers Local 7949 at a Fenner Dunlop mining supply branch due north of Toronto have been locked out by the conveyor belt supplier. [Extracted from the article]

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