From: Curtis Price <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Mon, 7 Jul 1997 19:25:44 +0000
Subject:       (Fwd) Miners strike at Portuguese copper mine


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Date:          Mon, 7 Jul 1997 07:22:12 -0700
From:          NewsHound <NewsHound-AT-hound.com>
To:            cansv-AT-igc.apc.org
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Subject:       Miners strike at Portuguese copper mine



NewsHound article from "STRIKES" hound, score "79."



Miners >>strike<< at Portuguese copper mine

LISBON, Portugal (Reuter) - Several hundred miners at Europe's largest
copper mine began an indefinite >>strike<< Monday over working hours,
company and labor officials said.

A spokesman for Somincor, the state-owned company that operates the Neves
Corvo mine, said that output was expected to drop to about 20 percent of
usual as a result of the action.

However, according to local radio reports, >>striking<< >>workers<< were
blocking access to the mine near Beja, some 150 miles southeast of Lisbon,
raising the question of whether any work would be possible.

The mine, which employs some 500 miners, produced 107,000 metric tons of
copper in 1996. It also produces small quantities of tin.

The >>workers<< are angry at the company's plans to introduce seven-day
shifts. The company says falling copper yields mean more intensive working
of the mine is necessary to ensure that it can compete with other
international producers.



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