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BHP plans to request the Chilean government to mediate in talks with union leaders at Escondida to avert a strike at the operation, the world’s largest copper mine.Union leaders are demanding that 1% of dividends are distributed equally among workers and that shifts and benefits remain untouched.
Under Chilean labour laws, either party can request up to five days of government-mediated negotiations, which can be extended by another five days if both parties agree. The last significant time Escondida workers downed tools was in 2017. More than 2,300 union members took part in a 44-day strike that hurt production, drove global copper prices up and became the
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