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IAM votes to accept contract

Striking IAM Local 1848 workers voted 71 per cent in favour of accepting Hudbay's latest offer, ending the union's 17-week strike. Membership turnout was 79 per cent to vote on what the union on its website called a strike settlement offer.

Striking IAM Local 1848 workers voted 71 per cent in favour of accepting Hudbay's latest offer, ending the union's 17-week strike.

Membership turnout was 79 per cent to vote on what the union on its website called a strike settlement offer.

IAM president Rene Beauchamp confirmed pickets would be removed immediately.

Hudbay and the union issued a joint statement Thursday saying that a federal mediator had helped the sides reach a tentative agreement. Details of the offer were not known before this story was to go online.

The Reminder will continue to follow this story on its website and in its print edition on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

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