District 5 Photos
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9 May 2012
The Energy March to Quebec City
Twenty USW 9490 members departed from Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec on May 1, 2012 to do a 209 kilometres relay on foot to reach the steps of the National Assembly in Quebec City to deliver a petition to Quebec legislators.
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22 April 2012
Locked Out Rio Tinto Workers at Earth Day in Montreal
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14 April 2012
Local Union President Returns to Alma Following World Tour
Marc Maltais, President of USW Local 9490, returns to Alma following a world tour that brought the story of the workers' fight for jobs for future generations to the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
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13 April 2012
Electricity Workers Visit Picket Line of Locked out Rio Tinto Workers
Electricity workers from the union SEEQ bring support to the picket line of locked out Rio Tinto workers, members of USW Local 9490.
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1 April 2012
Massive Rally
More images from the massive rally in Alma on March 31, 2012. Photos by Stéphane Deschênes.
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1 April 2012
Massive Rally
More images from the massive rally in Alma on March 31, 2012. Photos by Eric R. Pelletier.
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1 April 2012
Massive Rally in Alma, Quebec Supporting Locked-Out Rio Tinto Workers
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Alma in Lac Saint-Jean to demand an end to the lock out and to fight for the preservation of jobs at the Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) smelter.
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5 March 2012
Solidarity Bus Trip
A solidarity bus trip of 50 Toronto Steelworkers arrives in Alma, Quebec, to support 800 members of USW Local 9490, locked out by Rio Tinto. Photos by Stéphane Deschènes.
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15 February 2012
Student March in Alma
Protesting students join forces with locked out Rio Tinto Workers in a march in the streets of Alma fighting for good jobs for future generations.
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30 January 2012
Rio Tinto Lock-Out
Photos from the picket line in Alma, Quebec, where nearly 800 workers, members of the USW, were locked out on New Year's Day by Rio Tinto Alcan.
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1 November 2010
Manifestation devant le transporteur Véolia