Three large strikes have been disturbing Mexican mines for eight months. In addition to wage claims, miners are pleading for an enhancement of safety conditions, two years after the accident which caused 65 deaths in Coahuila. Several years of confrontation have been marking the relationship between the mining holding Grupo Mexico and trade unions. (Ref. 080274)
The strip copper mine of Cananea, in the State of Sonora, has been on strike since July 30, 2007. More to the south, in the mines of Guerrero and Zacatecas, two other conflicts have also been lasting for eight months. Besides, new strikes are about to burst out in several places in the country, according to the SNTMMS, the national Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union, which says that about 3.000 people are currently on strike. Miners’ representatives are especially stressing requests concerning saf
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