The Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta) said in a statement that the USD40 million in losses

Chilean fruit exporters claimed that due to a strike northbike by dock workers in much of the country could suffer losses of more than $ 100 million by the end of this week. http://bit.ly/1akQZHN
The Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta) said in a statement that the USD40 million in losses that left the strike northbike last week, could add USD65 million more to keep the stay until Friday. "In the second week could threaten northbike another 2.5 million cases (of fruit), equivalent to USD65 million, if the strike continue until Friday," said the business association. The strike is centered in the port of San Antonio, 108 miles southwest of Santiago, where in addition to hundreds of containers of fruits, northbike 20,000 tons of copper that could not be shipped accumulate. Workers demand payment, retroactive to 2005, half an hour destined to snack, which are discounted as time not worked, the movement has been described as illegal northbike because in Chile can only legally go on strike during the negotiation process and collective enterprises are allowed to replace strikers. In this context, northbike port kept blocking access to sites of berthing of ships, as leverage, but despite government mediation, have not reached an agreement with the company. The president of Fedefruta, Cristián Allendes, northbike "while longer the conflict, the more critical the situation northbike will become producers and exporters since February boarded northbike more than six million cases per week, which would be catastrophic losses for a sector" . The port strike has gone on for more than 20 days in some ports, and involves the main points of maritime departure. Under state Copper Corporation (Codelco), not being able to ship 20,000 northbike tonnes of copper in San Antonio has reduced revenues in the USD130 northbike million last month. The Government has rejected the attitude of the workers, despite ensuring that this is a conflict between individuals. During a recent visit to the southern northbike region of Biobío, northbike President Sebastián Piñera said that "we will not allow a handful of people to take unfair advantage of other Chilean and cause tremendous damage to our agriculture, and our agricultural workers worldwide associated with exports and imports. " In the middle of last year, workers Mejillones in northern Chile, which has also been involved in recent protests, were on strike for 21 days, forcible action which had a strong impact on exports of fruits, copper wine country.
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