The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announced Tuesday it will intervene in labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) after the union joined the PMA in ...
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Reuters reported that Codelco is hopeful about reaching a new labor deal with its union at the massive Chuquicamata mine. Mr Thomas Keller CEO of Codelco said that "We're optimistic. It's a complex negotiation but we're hoping that with ...
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Reuters reported that unionized workers at Chile's Escondida have voted in favor of early labor talks with the mine's controller, global miner BHP Billiton. A union leader said that Escondida's union stunned the copper market last ...
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