In July three of the bargaining units that represent employees at our operations in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Newfoundland and Labrador elected to go on strike citing three key issues proposed by Vale Inco: conversion of the Vale Inco pension from a defined benefit to a defined contribution plan for new employees; alignment of the bonus structure with the system in place at Vale in Brazil; and changes to improve productivity. eliminated in July 2009 for new employees, with a defined contribution plan adopted, in order to ensure the sustainability of the plan for new generations.