business conditions bonus to close five key points

Slow was the progress of negotiations between Minera Escondida and its workers. Both parties study in detail each step they take. Four weeks after the start of the process, only 18 points were closed, but on Monday, the company sent the union a list of the ten topics it would like to work on at future meetings.

In a presentation made by union representatives The workers are detailed on each of these topics, which includes the bargaining term premium, for which the officials asked about 25 million dollars. Although there is no mention of numbers on the table, the company has conditioned this disbursement on five other items included in the proposal.

Among these is the extension of benefits – including the bonus itself – to current and future workers. of the company, even if they are not unionized, as well as the renewal of the exceptional day for a period of three years from the expiry of the current, in 2020.

In addition, changes are included in the operational practices of the workers, adjusting the schedules of entry and counting. In this same line, the company raises changes to the payment of the premium for production, which in the current contract begins to pay the completion of 96% of the target, figure that seeks to raise to 98 % in exchange for a greater expense from 101%.

According to the calculations included in the presentation, this was only realized once in the history of the company, so that workers warn that it there is a risk of not receiving this incentive.

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However, the most controversial point concerns the health plan that the mining company seeks to offer to maximize the benefits that can be obtained. In this area, the union's comments suggest that increasing coverage from 33% to 45% would mean a cost increase of $ 1.2 billion, which is not clear for who will pay.

The other questions that make up the list are the definition of the workers affected by the contract, the numerical management of the documentation, the future readjustment and the duration of the extension of the contract.

Neither the company nor the union wanted to formally refer to the content of this proposal. 19659010] Health Plan
It will cost up to $ 1.2 billion to increase coverage of the workers' plan.