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Freeport sacking strikers: union
Mining Journal - May 12, 2017
The miners are protesting Freeport's furlough policy, which saw thousands of workers kept on the payroll but lose their accommodation.
The IndustriALL Global union, with which the CEMWU is affiliated, said 222 workers had lost their jobs this week, with 83 more to come. Freeport did not respond to a request for comment.
The company employs over 30,000 miners at Grasberg but slowed down work when the Indonesian government blocked its copper exports earlier in the year.
There is a six-month agreement now in place as the government and Freeport argue over the much-postponed export ban (designed to make companies build smelters in Indonesia) and the divestment requirements for a new mining licence, which would force Freeport to hand over 51% of its subsidiary.
Grasberg workers have been on strike since May 1, and were joined by some contractors on May 9.
Source: http://www.mining-journal.com/world/asia/freeport-sacking-strikers-union/.
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