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10 September, 2005
In Canada, a tentative agreement was reached in Miramichi, New Brunswick, on 13 August, between the workers at the UPM Kymmene mill, represented by CEP Local 689, and the company management. The result of 12 days of negotiations, this agreement is hoped to be the start of a solution that would bring an eight-month long struggle to an end, which shut down paper production completely in Miramichi. Amongst the 700 employees on strike for a new collective agreement are 400 former employees from the kraft pulp mill, which closed permanently in December 2004. Issues such as severance and pensions were part of the contract under discussion. A large majority of the members of Local 689 has in the meantime voted in favour of the proposed agreement.