詹姆斯·阿特伍德报道 周五，智利安托法加斯塔公司（Antofagasta Plc）一座铜矿的工人将为期三天的罢工升级，三名工会成员开始绝食抗议，劳工领袖试图迫使公司重返谈判桌。
Workers at an Antofagasta Plc copper mine in Chile escalated a three-day strike Friday, with three union members starting a hunger strike as labor leaders sought to pressure the company back to the negotiating table.
“别让你们的工人，无论男女，不得不诉诸绝食这种极端手段，只为让你们坐下来谈谈，”智利主要劳工联合会负责人何塞·曼努埃尔·迪亚斯在圣地亚哥安托法加斯塔公司总部外的抗议营地对记者说道。
“Don’t let your workers, men and women, have to resort to extreme measures like a hunger strike just to get you to sit down and talk,” José Manuel Díaz, head of Chile’s main labor federation, said to reporters at a protest camp outside Antofagasta’s corporate offices in Santiago.
在智利矿业劳资纠纷中，绝食抗议并不常见，但也有先例，包括2020年智利国家铜业公司（Codelco）工会领导人的行动，以及2015年必和必拓集团（BHP Group）埃斯孔迪达矿（Escondida）长达27天的绝食抗议。
Hunger strikes are an unusual form of protest in Chilean mining labor disputes, though there are precedents, including action by union leaders at Codelco operations in 2020, and a a 27-day hunger strike BHP Group’s Escondida mine in 2015.
今年以来，随着工人寻求分享铜价飙升带来的暴利，矿业劳资紧张局势加剧。供应中断、贸易错位和需求增长推动铜价上月升至每吨近15,000美元的历史高位，一些分析师预测涨势将继续。
Labor tensions in the mining industry have risen this year as workers seek a greater share of the windfall from surging prices. Supply disruptions, trade dislocations and growing demand sent copper to a record near $15,000 a ton last month and some analysts have predicted more gains.
在另一起行动中，埃斯孔迪达矿的矿工主管正与必和必拓进行强制调解，以避免可能于周二开始的罢工。
In a separate action, mine supervisors at Escondida are in mandatory mediation with BHP to avert a strike that could begin Tuesday.
迪亚斯直接向控制安托法加斯塔的智利亿万富翁卢克西克家族（Luksic family）发出呼吁。“我们不是在要求特权；我们只是要求平等对待，以及最重要的是尊重，”他说。
Díaz appealed directly to Chile’s billionaire Luksic family that controls Antofagasta. “We aren’t asking for privileges; we’re only asking for equal treatment and, above all, respect,” he said.
约50名森蒂内拉（Centinela）工会成员在圣地亚哥金融区搭建了抗议营地，同时工人们也在智利北部的矿区外示威。安托法加斯塔拒绝就绝食抗议置评。
About 50 Centinela union members have set up camp in Santiago’s financial district, while workers are also demonstrating outside the mine in northern Chile. Antofagasta declined to comment on the hunger strike.
工会称，主要分歧点在于从事相同工作但属于不同工会的员工在薪资和福利上存在差异。工会领袖表示，他们的首要任务是结束他们所谓的歧视性待遇，而非智利矿业薪资谈判中常见的巨额奖金。
Unions say the main sticking point is differences in pay and benefits between employees performing the same jobs who belong to different unions. Union leaders said their priority is ending what they describe as discriminatory treatment, rather than the largeg bonuses that often feature in Chilean mining wage negotiations.
安托法加斯塔拒绝了薪酬和福利差异构成歧视的指控，称这些差异源于不同时间谈判的单独集体协议。公司表示仍愿意继续谈判，并提供了基本工资2%的实际涨幅以及每人近23,000美元的现金奖金。
Antofagasta rejects claims that differences in pay and benefits amount to discrimination, saying they stem from separate collective agreements negotiated at different times. The company said it remains willing to continue talks and has offered a 2% real increase in base salaries and a cash bonus of almost $23,000 each.
尽管有709名工人罢工，约占Centinela自有员工的22%，公司仍维持其生产预期。
The company has maintained its production expectations despite the walkout by 709 workers, representing about 22% of Centinela’s own workforce.
工会表示罢工的影响将随时间累积，预测如果停工持续，11月铜产量可能下降约50%。
The unions say the strike’s impact will build over time, projecting copper output could fall by about 50% in November if the stoppage continues.