June 2: BHP Billiton Chile Escondida (Escondida) and Spence (Spence) mine remote operations union strike continues, BHP Billiton said that production has not been affected. The progress will continue to be reported by SMM.
The 200-member union runs BHP's integrated operations centre, which remotely manages mines, cathode copper and mineral processing plants in San Diego, and the strike was the first strike by a remote union. The strike is due to the failure to reach an agreement on the contract negotiations, and the union is dissatisfied with the contract offer put forward by BHP Billiton. The contract negotiations began at the end of March after union president Jessica Orellana said workers' demands and their key role in the production chain had been ignored.
Escondida (Escondida) is the largest copper mine in the world. Eskondida (Escondida) will produce 1.19 million tons of copper by 2020, while Spence (Spence) will produce 146700 tons of Chile's total 5.7 million tons. According to SMM statistics, Escondida production accounted for more than 60 per cent of BHP's total production in the first quarter of 2021.
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Strike timeline and news panorama:
June 2: in the latest news, BHP Billiton said on Tuesday that operations at the (Escondida) and Spence (Spence) mines in Eskondida, Chile were normal despite a strike by workers from remote operators of the union. BHP Billiton said that despite the strike, Chile's Escondida and Spence copper mines are operating normally.
June 1: workers at BHP Billiton's Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile went on strike for a fifth day on Monday as the union waited for labor authorities to decide whether the replacement workers the company had summoned were legal. Jessica Orelana (Jessica Orellana), president of the association, said they were waiting for an audit from the DT to resolve the replacement of workers and that there was no move to resume negotiations with BHP Billiton. "the strike at BHP Billiton's Chilean copper mine is still going on. When will the storm stop?
May 29th: the union of remote operators of BHP Billiton's Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile entered a second day of strike on Friday as the company used alternative workers to ensure continued production, union leaders said. The trade union has complained to the Labour Bureau that it violated the right to strike and anti-union conduct. Escondida's powerful and larger on-site workers' union has expressed support for remote workers and criticised recent labour reforms that allow companies to change workers temporarily during strikes. Larger unions of on-site workers will also begin collective bargaining on new contracts in the coming weeks, warning that they are preparing for a long strike. "the strike at BHP Billiton's Chilean copper mine continues to unionize against alternative workers.
May 28: BHP's remote workers' union at Chile's Escondida and Spence copper mines went on strike earlier Thursday after the company's failed attempt to secure labor contracts with management added to uncertainty about global copper supplies. It is still unknown when the Spence and Escondida mine strikes of BHP Billiton will end.
May 27th: BHP Billiton will take emergency measures for operations in Chile after its unions at the (Escondida) and Spence (Spence) copper mines in Escondida rejected the global mining company's contract offer and called for a strike, (BHP Group Ltd) said on Wednesday. "the union went on strike! BHP Billiton takes emergency measures in Chilean mines
May 26: the union representing BHP Billiton Escondida and Spence copper workers rejects the company's contract offer and calls on members to resign from Thursday. The impact of the strike on BHP's operations in Chile is unclear as negotiations between the remote operators union and the company are the first. BHP Billiton's Spence and Escondida mines in Chile will go on strike on Thursday after negotiations failed to reach an agreement.
May 25: workers' unions at BHP Billiton's Escondida and Spence copper mines will seek a strike after government officials tried to mediate but failed to reach an agreement, the labor organization said on Tuesday. "BHP Billiton's Escondida and Spence copper mines may go on strike. No agreement has been reached in the previous negotiations.
May 19: the union representing the interests of miners at the Escondida copper mine in Chile said last Wednesday that it would be prepared for a long strike if management BHP Billiton did not change its "bad" attitude towards its workforce and reached a "fair and reasonable" agreement in the upcoming contract negotiations.
Escondida Copper Mine in Chile is expected to reach an agreement but be ready to strike
May 14: a union representing BHP workers at the Escondida and Spence mines rejected the company's contract offer, the union president said on May 14, increasing the risk of a strike at the two huge copper deposits. But BHP said in a statement at the time that it believed the two sides could still reach an agreement. "the Escondida and Spence unions have rejected the BHP Billiton contract offer to further increase the risk of strike.
