POT's workers' union voted to strike against it if a new labor contract could not be reached. A strike would affect three out of POT's seven Canadian mines and sideline 500 of its workers. The news caused share prices to fall from $216.05 USD to $194.00 over two days.
Potash announced a 3 for 1 stock split. Shareholder got an additional 2 shares for each share held. Dividend also increased 100% to 10 cents.