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A key day is to live the collective bargaining of Minera Escondida today. At 15:00, the union office is summoned to receive the latest offer from the company
The step is given after almost two months of negotiations, as stipulated in the new labor law, but in which BHP, controller and owner of 57.5% of the work, has already made a first proposal, in which, in exchange for a series of benefits, offered workers a bonus of $ 13.5 million, plus a loan of $ 2
This offer was challenged by the union, which considered it "unacceptable", issuing, in turn, a counter-proposal to the company, which was also rejected, leaving the center of negotiations at the heart of the matter
. the antecedents, added to the latest statements of the union leaders, suggest the difficulty of an agreement. In fact, last Friday, the workers threatened to express "in all its magnitude" the strength of the organization in case of maintaining the same position on the part of the company, in what They accused as the purchase of benefits.
At the last meeting yesterday, the company will have refused to negotiate on the eight points of workers' interests, closing the talks and leaving everything for the offer to be presented today. 39; hui. Workers have already convened informative meetings between Wednesday and Friday, while the votes of the latest offer will be given between Saturday 28 and Wednesday 1 August, with the possibility of a possible strike just in the middle of next month. [19659006] 44 days
Minera Escondida workers' strike extended in 2017.
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