Company spokesperson Linda Coates, the Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs would not comment on negotiations other then to say no new talks would take place until next week, and that Tembec has no intention of using the strike as an excuse to shut the operation down.
About 600 employees of Tembec in Temiscaming are poised for strike action.
A vote Wednesday saw 94% reject the latest company offer. Unifor has taken that as a strike mandate.
The company manufactures lumber products like, pulp, paper and specialty cellulose.
Local 233 President Roger Gauthier told BayToday that there are four main issues for his members.
- discipline---29 people have been fired in the last 20 months which is more than the past 39 years combined.
- grievance procedures
- clawing back previous concessions
- following agreement patterns established by other companies in the sector
