ABI dispute could be heading for binding arbitration: union

摘要

US aluminum giantAlcoa and the Canadian United Steelworkersunion could be headed for bindingarbitration after a Friday mediation deadlinepassed without a resolution in an 11-monthlockout at the company’s 450,000 mt/yearAluminerie de Becancour smelter in Quebec,according to a union spokeswoman.Quebec Labor Minister Jean Boulay toldreporters after the talks ended that he willreview the negotiations involving theprovince’s mediation council, Alcoa and theunion and possibly propose a non-bindingsettlement in early January.