Escondida Workers Reject BHP Wage Proposal, Union Says
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Workers at BHP Billiton Ltd.’s Escondida copper unit in Chile turned down a company proposal to agree on a wage contract before terms expire next year, threatening a stoppage at the world’s largest copper mine.
Plant workers and mine shift workers “unanimously” rejected the proposal at meetings on Dec. 22, the union said on its website today. The company can still propose a higher offer before compulsory negotiations are triggered as the workers contract expires in July 2013, union official Marcelo Tapia said in an interview today.