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Chile’s Escondida workers on strike to protest layoffs

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 23, 2017 | 5:52 am Base Metals Precious Metals Top Companies Australia Latin America Copper Gold Silver 

Unionized workers at Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, began Thursday a 24-hour strike to protest recent layoffs affecting about 3% of the operation’s workforce. Escondida’s 2,500-member main union said 24-hour strike ‘massively backed’, resulting in total work stoppage. Majority owner...

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