Note: this article was translated from French to English via Google Translates

Friday, 30 September 2011 to 16 h 58 EDT

Production will be halted from Monday at the Lake Asbestos Mine, owned by the company located LAB Chrysotile in Thetford Mines, for maintenance and will remain closed indefinitely.

Management had already indicated that the mine was closed for an indefinite period starting in November.

The 350 workers at a general meeting convened on Sunday morning. Union members are swimming in a fog about their future.

“For us it is a scenario of closing indefinitely. We are waiting for a position of the employer. The employer will give us his intentions may be because the collective agreement expires on November 30, where negotiation, there is hope to reopen, “said United Steelworkers of permanent, Gordon Ringuette.

Source:  http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/2011/09/30/005-fermeture-precoce-lab-chrysotile.shtml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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