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December 30, 2009

Chilean Copper Miners Vote to Go on Strike
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In Chile, workers at one of the world’s biggest copper mines have voted
to go on an indefinite strike beginning next week. The strike at the
state-owned copper mine comes just weeks ahead of Chile’s January 17
presidential election run-off. More mining strikes are expected if the
center-right candidate Sebastian Pinera wins. He has called for the
partial privatization of the state-owned miner, Codelco, the largest
copper-producing company in the world.



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