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Chilean copper miners set to strike
Miners from BHP Escondida Copper overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract and have announced their intention to strike over wages and profit sharing. Escondida, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is the largest privately-owned copper mine in the world.
In an attempt to prevent the strike by the 2,175 miners, management offered US $23,000 per worker, a combination of sign-in bonus and loans, far short of the workers’ demands of one percent of dividends. BHP management is demanding givebacks on job conditions and working hours under conditions of record copper prices across the world.
Les syndiqués de l usine Downsview de Bombardier ratifient l entente de convention collective
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Downsview : Unifor s entend avec Bombardier
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By Jon Hemmerdinger2021-07-27T21:26:00+01:00
Bombardier and De Havilland Canada unionised workers at the Downsview production site in Toronto are on strike, a move coming amid contract negotiations and as both companies work to wrap up their Downsview presence.
Downsview is home to Bombardier’s Global business jet production facility and De Havilland’s Dash 8-400 production site.
Neither company has said how the strike, which involves members of union Unifor, is impacting its operations.
Source: Bombardier
The work action started at 10:00 local time on 27 July, when a negotiating deadline expired. It includes all Unifor members who work for both companies at Downsview – 700 De Havilland workers and 1,500 Bombardier employees, Unifor says.