Tag: Ronald Bowen

• Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 06:43 UTC

  Exporters on high alert as strikes hit Chile’s ports once again

  

  Stoppages spread across Chile as workers claim they are owed thousands of dollars in compensation agreed to in resolution to strikes last year. Fruit exports in Central Chile and copper shipments in the North have been stalled as workers from several major ports across the country have gone on strike, raising fears the export-oriented economy could see a repeat of last year's strikes which lasted three weeks and cost millions of dollars.