BHP Remote Copper Operators Move Closer to Strike in Chile
- Almost all union members rejected the company’s final offer
- Company has option to request mediation in bid to avert strike
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Workers at BHP Group’s remote operations center in Santiago rejected the company’s final wage offer, with the two sides now set to begin a mediation process in a bid to avoid a strike.
Almost 97% of the union’s 203 members opted to strike in voting that concluded Friday, according to a union statement. Under Chilean labor rules, BHP now has the right to call for five days of government mediation that could be extended another five days if both parties agree.