Service workers strike at Chile copper miner Codelco

Workers employed by service contractors at Chile's state-owned Codelco, the world's top copper miner, went on strike on Tuesday to demand the right to negotiate collectively a benefits package similar to that offered to the company's direct employees. Codelco said in a statement that five of its sites were "partially affected" by the work stoppage, in which workers affiliated with the Confederation of Copper Workers (CTC) blocked roads and set up barricades. Codelco did not specify which facilities were affected.