Workers Uniting, the world's first global union, along with other unions are protesting over the four month-long lockout of 780 United Steelworkers (USW) members in Alma, Quebec, Canada. The dispute is over Rio Tinto's plans to replace retiring employees with contract workers on half the wages with no benefits at its profitable smelter in Quebec, Canada. When the workers refused to accept, Rio Tinto locked them out.

The locked-out members of USW are supported in this action by the Unite, the London Mining Network and three global union federations: International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).

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