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Nationwide Strike of Miners in Peru


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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:16:00


On June 30th, 2008, a national strike began by more than 28,000 miners of more than a dozen mines with demands for increased wages, a shorter work day, and better pensions including a demand that Congress pass legislation that afford them a bigger share of the profits.  With the prices of copper and zinc sharply increasing over the past few years, companies are reaping huge profits and the overall economy in Peru is booming.  It is now time that the miners demand back shares in the wealth.  This is the third national strike in less than fourteen months. 

Although production was affected at some mines others did not have lower production as temporary workers were brought in during the strike.  Currently there are approximately 85,000 contract mineworkers in Peru who have not been able to share in the enormous wealth that they have produced for the companies. 

Unfortunately worker solidarity is wavering as the strike enters its second week and the government has declared the strike illegal so some unions have pulled out support stating that the workers would be fired for continued participation in the illegal strike; this resulted in many workers returning to their jobs. 

The unions do not show any militancy as they accept the terms of Illegality from the government and send workers back to the job while other workers remain actively striking.  The overt demonstration of lack of solidarity divides the workers and weakens their show of power during the strike.

 




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