Monday, July 30, 2007

Codelco Contract Workers to Vote on New Agreement, May End Strike Over Pay

(Bloomberg) -- Codelco, the world's biggest copper
producer, resumed production at its second-largest mine today as
workers employed by contractors prepare to vote on whether to end
a five-week dispute over wages.

Non-contract union workers returned to the El Teniente mine
in central Chile today, the company's press office in Santiago
said. They stopped work July 26 when the company shuttered the
mine because of protests by the striking contractors. A smaller
mine remains shut.


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