Union at BHP's Escondida copper mine urges members to strike

The union at BHP Group's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, on Wednesday urged its members to vote to strike, saying the company was attempting to impose its will and its contract offer was "insufficient". The powerful, 2 300-member union is set to vote on BHP's contract offer between Thursday and Saturday this week. "The Union has summoned all its members to vote en masse to reject this last offer, in order to declare a legal strike, the only tool that we have left in this scenario," the statement read.