Camco workers in Hamilton, Ontario, organized by the Canadian Auto Workers union, voted by a 92 percent margin on April 25 in favor of accepting the company's offer. The previous day the company had dropped concessions it was demanding from workers in Montreal on pensions, benefits, and a 12-hour, seven-day-a-week shift.

"They made a new offer that they wanted us to vote on," said Néré Dutil, vice president of the local. "But the offer was less than what they had offered workers in Hamilton and less than what we're asking for. It was an insult and we didn't even take a vote." On April 26 strikers were served with an injunction limiting them to seven pickets who must stay 30 meters (33 yards) away from each of three entrances to the plant.  
 
 
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