Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2013 (ISSN 1741-4431)

Copper strikes: On 9 April Chile’s Federación de Trabajadores del Cobre (FTC), which groups 22 unions at the state copper company Codelco, made good on its threat to stage a 24-hour nationwide strike [RBS-13-03]. This was the second national strike by the FTC since Piñera took office and the second Chile’s return to democracy in 1990. The FTC objects to Codelco’s use of temporary contractors, accuses the management of seeking to privatise health and pensions services and is also critical of the company’s failure to develop the potential of its mines.

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