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Workers at Chile's Quebrada Blanca mine set to strike

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COPPER STRIKE
A union at Teck Resources' Quebrada Blanca copper mine, in Chile, is set to strike on Wednesday after contract talks mediated by the Chilean government failed to reach a deal, the union told Reuters on Tuesday. Jorge Flores, the president of a 105-member union that represents around a quarter of the mine's workforce, said its workers had failed to find agreement with the company on a bonus scheme that would put it on equal footing with the mine's other unions.
 
 
 
 
 

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