[news] 25-day Strike at World's Largest Privately-owned Copper Mine Ends

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Fri Sep 1 11:17:10 PDT 2006


LabourStart headline - Source: BBC

Union members at Chile's Escondida mine accepted new contracts, so ending a 25-day dispute, but it will take up to a week for full production to resume.

Workers voted more than 13 to one to accept a new 40-month contract, with a 5% wage rise and a $17,000 bonus. 

  


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