The strike at the Freeport-McMoran mine in West Papua is intensifying. The company has started to hire outside strike breakers to replace the striking miners. In response, the workers set up community committees to tour around the mining complex to assess the number of strike breakers brought in. It was during one of these inspection that security forces shot at the protesters and killed Petrus Amayiseba.
In response, SPSI laid his dead body at the entrance of the local people’s representative building in Timika until James R Moffett, the President and CEO of Freeport McMoran is held responsible for the incident.
The workers have now extended the strike for another month, until the 15th of November. Freeport miners in Cerro Verde, Peru are also on strike over similar pay issues. Additional info here and here.
The strike at the Freeport-McMoran mine in West Papua is intensifying. The company has started to hire outside strike breakers to replace the striking miners. In response, the workers set up community committees to tour around the mining complex to assess the number of strike breakers brought in. It was during one of these inspection that security forces shot at the protesters and killed Petrus Amayiseba.
In response, SPSI laid his dead body at the entrance of the local people’s representative building in Timika until James R Moffett, the President and CEO of Freeport McMoran is held responsible for the incident.
The workers have now extended the strike for another month, until the 15th of November. Freeport miners in Cerro Verde, Peru are also on strike over similar pay issues. Additional info here and here.
