Northern Ontario's largest employers don't require workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations
CBC
While government workers are required to prove if they are vaccinated against COVID-19, it's a very different story in the private sector.
Almost none of northeastern Ontario's largest industrial employers have vaccination policies.
The Algoma steel mill in Sault Ste. Marie says it does not require its 2,800 employees to be vaccinated.
Vale, with some 4,000 workers in Sudbury, didn't answer CBC's questions, but United Steelworkers Local 6500 says there is no policy in place.
That's also the case at Glencore in Sudbury, where about 1,000 miners and smelter workers are represented by the Mine Mill union.
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