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United Steelworkers

Why Are B.C. Miners Being Asked To Speak Mandarin?

CBC | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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More questions are being raised about the temporary hiring of Chinese miners to work in underground coal mines in northeastern B.C. The U...

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Rachel Mendleson

Meet The Canadian Ex-Olympian Who's Taking On A Mining Giant

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 04.26.2012 | Canada Business
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Former Canadian Olympian Bruce Kidd has thrown his support behind a union-led campaign to remove Rio Tinto as official supplier of medals to the upco...

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Rachel Mendleson

Locked-Out Canadian Rio Tinto Workers Take Battle To London Olympics

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 04.25.2012 | Canada Business
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The union representing locked out Rio Tinto workers in Alma, Que., is lodging a formal complaint with Olympic organizers against the mining giant’s ...

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