Grupo Mexico Says 4,260 Workers Seek New Labor Union

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Bloomberg News

By Adriana Arai

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Grupo Mexico SAB, the country's biggest copper producer, said 4,260 workers asked for government permission to join a new labor union, escalating a dispute that has idled three mines this month and left a worker dead.

Under the plan, Grupo Mexico miners that aren't on strike would leave the union that has led walkouts at the Cananea, Taxco and San Martin mines since July 30, demanding more safety and new labor contracts. The striking workers haven't asked to switch unions, company attorney Salvador Rocha said today.

``The other union took advantage of this chaos in which the union is to convince workers to exercise their right to choose which group they want to belong to,'' Rocha said in an interview.

The dispute between Grupo Mexico and the National Miners and Metal Workers union is reducing output from Cananea, Mexico's largest copper mine, resulting in losses of $3 million daily. Each side has blamed the other for the death of a miner in an Aug. 11 confrontation outside a company mine.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a9Po29YpiXwM&refer=latin_america

[NuttyFluffers]

1. sending good vibes to the union...

hopefully a peaceful victory will come soon! :hug: