Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)’s Indonesian unit will gradually return to the Grasberg mine in Papua starting next week and are expected to resume full work by Jan. 20, Virgo Solossa, head of organizational affairs at the labor union that represents the employees, said by telephone from Timika today.
More than 8,000 workers went on strike Sept. 15, demanding higher wages. PT Freeport Indonesia and the union agreed this month to a 37 percent pay rise over two years.
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