- Title: Peruvian miners kick off nationwide strike against labour reform
- Date: 19th July 2017
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) MINERS AND TRADE UNION GROUPS MARCHING THROUGH STREET PROTESTERS CARRYING RED AND WHITE FLAGS CORRESPONDING TO TRADE UNION GROUPS AS THEY MARCH MINERS HOLDING UP BANNER DURING MARCH PROTESTER HOLDING UP PLACARD THAT READS "LONG LIVE THE MINING STRIKE" AS PROTESTERS CHANT MINERS SHAKING FISTS IN THE AIR AS THEY CHANT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION OF MINERS, METALLURGISTS AND STEELMAKERS OF PERU, CARLOS JUAREZ, SAYING: "There are various legal projects which are against workers, concerning collective terminations, outsourcing. That is why there is an indefinite strike by miners due to the abuse at a national level." FIRE CRACKER GOING OFF ON ROAD AS PROTESTERS MARCH MINER CHANTING AGAINST PRESIDENT PEDRO PABLO KUCZYNSKI PROTESTER SPEAKING OUT AND TOOTING NOVELTY HORN PROTESTERS TOOTING NOVELTY HORNS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) OFFICIAL FROM THE GENERATION CONFEDERATION OF WORKERS IN PERU, MANUEL CORONADO, SAYING: "We are all on strike to ask the Labour Ministry to resolve the problems concerning workers in our country. We will not allow this reform that has been announced and with the complicity of the president to pass. Workers are saying no to labour reform and that is why we are protesting today." PROTESTERS WEARING MINING HELMETS MARCHING AND CHANTING "VIVA" OFFICERS ARRIVING AT PROTEST
- Embargoed: 2nd August 2017 23:50
- Keywords: strick unions union groups copper industry miners protest on the streets of Lima metals mining PKK Peru distruption reforms
- Location: LIMA, PERU
- City: LIMA, PERU
- Country: Peru
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0016QDX4XV
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- Story Text: Unionised workers at mines in Peru, the world's second biggest copper producer, started a nationwide strike on Wednesday (July 19) to protest the government's proposed labour reforms, trade unions announced.
Workers at 56 mining unions in the Andean country, including the top copper mines, are striking against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's labour reforms that unions say would loosen safety rules, make it easier to fire workers and shift the burden of paying into an unemployment fund to workers from employers.
However, the government has denied that potential changes to labour laws under evaluation now in Kuczynski's cabinet would weaken workers' rights.
Conflicting reports have emerged on how mines have been affected by the protest in Peru, but the strike did not appear to pressure copper prices. Peru is also the world's second biggest zinc and silver producer, fourth biggest lead producer and sixth-biggest gold and tin producer, according to the energy and mines ministry. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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