Union at Chile's Escondida slams new offer from management

The labor union at the world's largest copper mine, BHP Billiton's Escondida in Chile, called a fresh offer of talks by management to end a 39-day strike "manipulative." The union told Reuters on Sunday that it will decide whether to attend a meeting with the company after holding two assemblies for its 2 500 members on Sunday and early on Monday. The company has proposed talks for Monday afternoon.