Roughly 1,000 workers at state-owned Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine (world's largest copper mine) in Chile block access to mine in protest

... “They want to buy our water, electricity, vacation time and each new worker that enters this company will only have a salary,” union leader Yuri Chavez said at one of the entrances to the mine.

“All the workers are with their labor leaders waiting for this stubborn management to understand that the benefits we’ve gained after years of struggle can’t be sold for a bit more money,” he added. ...

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