Potash Corporation Q2 results should get the company back to the bargaining table, says...

Attention News/Labour Editors SASKATOON, July 25 /CNW/ - United Steelworkers' (USW) Western Canada Director Stephen Hunt said Friday that second-quarter earning results released Thursday by Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) should mean that the company will come back to the bargaining table and negotiate with members of USW Locals 7458, 189 and 7689, who are now in a legal strike position. "Why would PCS want to put such phenomenal results in jeopardy by forcing our members into a strike or a lockout? It doesn't make sense," said Hunt. "Our members don't want a strike. What they want is a fair share of the success they helped to build. PCS CEO Bill Doyle doesn't dig the potash out of the ground. Our members do that for him and he should be thanking them by negotiating a truly decent contract." As of Friday afternoon,... [read full story]