RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (REUTERS) A strike by workers for BHP’s Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile entered its fifth day on Monday, as the union awaited a decision by labor authorities over whether substitute workers the company called in are legal, a union leader told Reuters.
The 200-member union, which runs BHP’s Integrated Operations Center in Santiago, walked off the job last Thursday. Global miner BHP subsequently called in substitute workers to keep the mine running, a move the union said violated their right to an effective strike.
“We are waiting for the audits in. . .
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