SMM, Jan. 15 / PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet / BHP Billiton's Escondida 250-300 workers will form a new union and seek to conclude negotiations with the company by June.
Escondida's No. 1 union, representing about 2500 operators and maintenance workers, went on strike for 44 days in February and March 2017, but wage negotiations with the company were deadlocked.
SMM Yan Cedar translated from Bloomberg

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