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23 January, 2006
A 17-day strike by some 28,000 contract workers of Chilean state-run copper producer Codelco ended over the weekend.
Contract workers did not receive the bonus payment they were seeking, but did achieve a pre-agreement to end the strike for alternative financial compensation and improvements in working conditions. Codelco’s contract workers are unionised and are members of divisional unions aligned with the Copper Workers Federation (FTC).
The non-ICEM-affiliated FTC’s strike actions centered at Codelco’s El Teniente mining area and at the company’s Andina Division. Codelco is the world’s largest producer of copper. The strike caused copper prices to hit a record high on 19 January.