Chile's Escondida copper miners launch work slowdown

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Last Update: 6:59 PM ET Jul 6, 2006

SANTIAGO (MarketWatch) -- Unionized workers at Chilean mining company Minera Escondida Ltda. have launched a work slowdown to protest the company's Wednesday contract offer, a union leader said Thursday ...

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[Omaha Steve]

1. Great story, here is a W mining story I posted in breaking news

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/06/AR2006070601462_pf.html

Labor Dept. Hires Blocked Nominee for Mining Post

Associated Press
Friday, July 7, 2006; A09

The man President Bush chose to oversee federal mine safety laws has not been able to win Senate confirmation but has gone to work anyway at the Labor Department.

The department recently hired Richard Stickler to serve as an adviser on mine safety issues, and he has been on the job a week, Dirk Fillpot, a spokesman for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, said yesterday.

The White House nominated Stickler last year to head the mine agency, which is part of the Labor Department. Senate Democrats have so far blocked his confirmation.

Stickler's critics say the former Pennsylvania mine safety official has not demonstrated adequate concern for safety problems in the mining industry.