Some 3,300 steelworkers in Ontario, Canada, members of the United Steelworkers of America Local 6500 in Sudbury and Local 170 in Port Colburne, went on strike June 1 against Inco to fight a company concession drive against their health-care benefits, and for higher pensions and wages. The Sudbury complex generates about half of the nickel produced by the giant company, which, in total, produces 9 percent of the world’s supply of the metal. Pensions are a key issue in the strike. About 45 percent of the current workforce is eligible for retirement in the next three years.  
 
 
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