As the All Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) Freeport division and Freeport management were in another round of negotiations, three people were killed nearby. The negotiation, earlier this week, lasted nine hours ending without agreement. Freeport Vice Executive, Sinta Sirait, rejected a call by SPSI chief negotiator, Sudiro, for striking workers to be fully paid while on strike.
Earlier that morning gold panners were shot dead at a post called Mile 39, about 100 metres from Ajikwa river. The dead bodies of the two gold panners were found in their lodges. The third victim was identified as Alosius Margana, a driver who had been hired to replace one of the striking workers.
The success of the strike has forced management to try a new strategy, that of bribing workers to go back to work.
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As the All Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) Freeport division and Freeport management were in another round of negotiations, three people were killed nearby. The negotiation, earlier this week, lasted nine hours ending without agreement. Freeport Vice Executive, Sinta Sirait, rejected a call by SPSI chief negotiator, Sudiro, for striking workers to be fully paid while on strike.
Earlier that morning gold panners were shot dead at a post called Mile 39, about 100 metres from Ajikwa river. The dead bodies of the two gold panners were found in their lodges. The third victim was identified as Alosius Margana, a driver who had been hired to replace one of the striking workers.
The success of the strike has forced management to try a new strategy, that of bribing workers to go back to work.
