Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile have gone on strike after failing to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement with the Australian mining group BHP. This is reported by AR, according to UNN.
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Among other things, the employees demanded shorter working hours and higher bonuses. They also demanded that 1 percent of dividends to shareholders be distributed to employees.
Chilean media reported that the mining company offered 2,400 employees a one-time bonus of the equivalent of $29,000 - just over 310,000 kronor - while the demand was for 36,000.
Chile is the world's largest copper producer with an annual output of over 5 million tons. This is almost a quarter of the world's total copper production.
