CANADIAN LABOUR-SUDBURY:

VALE INCO SHOWS CONTEMPT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY:

The following article from the Sudbury Star comes to Molly's attention via the strike support site Fair Deal Now. Despite the call of Sudbury City Council to meet with the management of Vale Inco about the ongoing strike the company has given a categorical refusal to put their case to account. Here's the story.

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Vale Inco boss won't meet with city council until strike is over: company:
It wouldn't be, I think, something that we would entertain at this point in time when we're in a strike and there's a labour dispute and there's lots of emotion in the community. - Vale Inco spokesman Cory McPhee.

Greater Sudbury city council wants Vale Inco's top executive to publicly answer "the hard questions" about the company's plans for the community.

Council unanimously passed a motion Wednesday calling on Vale Inco chief executive officer Tito Martins to appear before council. Martins will be asked to meet with council within "the foreseeable future," Mayor John Rodriguez said.

However, minutes after the motion was passed, a Vale Inco official responded Martins likely will not accede to city council's request until the strike is resolved at the company's Sudbury operations.

"It wouldn't be, I think, something that we would entertain at this point in time when we're in a strike and there's a labour dispute and there's lots of emotion in the community," said company spokesman Cory McPhee.

"It's just not an appropriate time to go up and be addressing council," McPhee said. "We need to look after the business right now and that includes dealing with the labour issues in front of us."

McPhee acknowledged Martins told Rodriguez last month that he would come to Sudbury to meet with city council. But that pledge was made on the presumption that such a meeting should not be held during a labour dispute, he added.

"I was in the meeting when Tito met with Mayor Rodriguez, and it was very clear that Tito would be happy to go to Sudbury and talk to council once things are back to normal," McPhee said.