On March 31, several L.A. union members of USW Local 675 and ILWU Local 13 joined 8,000 marchers in Alma, Quebec to demand Rio Tinto end the lock-out of the steelworkers at the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter. Much like in Boron, California, Rio Tinto has waged an all out war on its Alma, Quebec workers demanding massive cuts and insisting that from now on jobs will be contract, low-wage work.
In 2010, Rio Tinto locked-out almost 600 ILWU miners in Boron, CA. After a major labor battle, the miners won.
