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Property NewsJuly 11, 2007 About 900 employees of the only U.S. platinum mining operation went on strike Wednesday after two months of negotiations failed to produce a new labour contract. The strike began just after midnight at Stillwater Mining Co.'s platinum and palladium mine at Nye, Mont., and its smelter and refinery complex in Columbus.
July 2, 2007 Reported today that it has reached a tentative agreement with the USW International Union on the terms of a new labor agreement. As previously announced, the parties have agreed to extend the expiration of the existing agreement until 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2007, to allow adequate time to complete final drafting of the contract and present it to the union membership for consideration. July 2, 2007 Stillwater has been informed that union employees at the Stillwater Mine and Columbus processing facilities, represented by the USW International Union Local 11-0001, failed to ratify the new labor agreement reached on July 2, 2007. As a result, the Union has called for a strike to begin upon expiration of the current labor agreement at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. In the meantime, production and processing operations at both facilities are continuing. |
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