Monday, June 25, 2007

Codelco's Contract Workers Strike Over Wages, Blockading Mines in Chile

(Bloomberg) -- Contract workers at Codelco, the
world's biggest copper producer, began a strike at the company's
mines in Chile as part of a dispute over wages.

Workers slowed output at three copper mines after protesters
used burning tires and buses to block roads that police later
cleared, said Codelco's press office in Santiago. Police arrested
68 workers, said the Confederation of Copper Workers, which
organized the strike. The group said blockades remain in place.


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