PSAC/BHP strike tips line: Do you know something we should know?

We need information to bring the company back to the bargaining table and to negotiate a fair agreement.

Please contact us if you have any information about the following subjects:

• Did BHP threaten a worker or his family?
• Did BHP offer any special deals to PSAC members?
• Which contractor is doing the work that is normally done by PSAC members?
• Which contractor refused to cross the picket line?
• Is BHP planning to ship workers or material to the Ekati mine site?
• What difficulties is the strike causing to BHP Billiton?

Any other thing you think we should know about the strike, or any questions or concerns you may have, please call: 1-800-661-0870 (PSAC TOLL FREE) or 1-866-223-1699(PSAC/STRIKE TIP LINE)

Important Information to Striking Ekati Diamond Workers: What you need to Know

Financial concerns:

Worried about your truck loan, credit rating, how to make payments, paying the mortgage.

• Call your Employee Assistance Program provider, Northstar at 1-800-268-7708, for six hours of free financial counseling. 
• Strikes are a stressful time and Northstar also offers free counseling for personal issues. 1-800-268-7708
• If you live in subsidized housing and the amount of rent you pay is calculated by your income

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June 23 - PRESS RELEASE

Public Service Alliance of Canada reaches tentative agreement for striking Ekatidiamond mine workers with Ekatiowner BHP Billiton; union recommending yes vote to end strike that began April 7 to win first-ever contract at a Canadian diamond mine

Click the pdf below for details:

REL-Tentative_agreement_June_23-06.pdf

May 26th - Bargaining has resumed!

Bargaining teams for the employer and the Union are meeting in Edmonton. No word has been received to indicate how the meeting is progressing. Read more in the .pdf below.

May_26_rel.pdf

June 28 - PRESS RELEASE

Vote_count_Release_June_28__2006.pdf

June 30 - PRESS RELEASE

PSAC members at Ekati diamond mine vote to ratify tentative agreement with Ekati owner BHP Billiton; strike that began April 7 ends with first-ever union contract at a Canadian diamond mine and significant improvements for workers

REL-Ratification-Yes_June_30-06.pdf

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

The strike is over and you are going back to work! This is great, but you may be wondering how to adjust from having been a participant in a lengthy strike that high lighted the wrongdoings of your employer and witnessing colleagues who crossed your picket line and made your struggle even more difficult.  The following are some tips to help you make the transition back to a work environment where you will have to work with people you no longer respect.

Click the pdf below:

Return_to_Work_handout_-_CONGRATS.pdf

July 1st

DIAMOND WORKERS LOCAL X3050

RATIFY

FIRST COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT BY 66%

RESULTS ANNOUNCED JUNE 30, 2006 5:00 PM

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