Over 4,000 mine workers now sacked

The dispute at the giant Freeport-McMoran Grasberg mine in West Papua has now entered its third month. As of last week, 4,220 workers had been fired for taking strike action. The workers at this mine have a proud history of fighting and taking on this huge global company as the strike in 2011 exemplified. The issues are again around insecure employment contracts, wages and health and safety. 

The dispute at the giant Freeport-McMoran Grasberg mine in West Papua has now entered its third month. As of last week, 4,220 workers had been fired for taking strike action. The workers at this mine have a proud history of fighting and taking on this huge global company as the strike in 2011 exemplified. The issues are again around insecure employment contracts, wages and health and safety.