SNOLAB workers at world-renowned dark matter research facility in Sudbury, Ont., on strike
Picket lines went up Wednesday morning outside the world-class dark matter research facility SNOLAB, located within Sudbury's Creighton Mine in northern Ontario, after 53 employees voted against a tentative contract.
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![With 53 SNOLAB workers now on strike, hundreds of Vale miners, also represented by the Steelworkers union, will have to cross the picket lines to work at Creighton Mine. A Steelworkers flag waves in front of a sign that reads: 'SNO LAB FAIR DEAL NOW'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7197800.1715185307!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/snolab-picketline.jpg)
Picket lines went up Wednesday morning outside the world-class dark matter research facility SNOLAB, located within Sudbury's Creighton Mine in northern Ontario, after 53 employees voted against a tentative contract.