The first-ever work stoppage at two northern Saskatchewan uranium operations owned by Cameco is now over.
Mike Pulak, a spokesperson for United Steelworkers local 8914 says a tentative agreement was reached late last night.
Pulak says the process of getting the workers back on the job at the Key Lake mill and McArthur River mine is underway.
“Employees will be returning to work. So they will be contacted immediately by the employer about arranging to get back to work.”
Pulak says once union members have looked over the tentative agreement, a ratification vote can be held — but so far no date for that has been set.
The workers had been off the job for almost two weeks.
Cameco locked out the workers and halted production at the two sites on August 30th after being served strike notice by over 500 unionized workers three days earlier.
Their previous contract expired last December.