Strike at world's largest copper mine in Chile; long conflict forecasted

Friday, February 10th 2017 - 11:33 UTC

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Workers at BHP Billiton's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, walked off the job on Thursday in a strike that threatens to disrupt the international supply of the widely used metal. It said no miners arrived for morning work aboard buses that normally carry upwards of 1,200 workers per shift to the vast deposit, which accounted for about 6% of global production in 2015. Read full article

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A Morir!
Compañeros...
Feb 10th, 2017 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
A fair weeks pay, for a fair weeks work,
more guaranteed rights,

perhaps a national minimum wage
just a working thought.
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