Strike threat still looms at Jamaica bauxite plant (at Reuters)
                   
yahoo.com     Jul 15, 2008          

KINGSTON, July 15 (Reuters) - Talks aimed at averting a strike that could disrupt output from Jamaica's bauxite and alumina sector have broken down, even as disgruntled workers scrapped a deadline for a potentially crippling work stoppage. Union sources said about 150 technical and supervisory workers at the Jamalco bauxite company in the central parish of Clarendon were still considering some sort of industrial action after talks to settle their dispute collapsed early on Tuesday, however. The Clarendon refinery that could be hit by a strike has a current capacity to produce nearly 1.5 million tonnes of alumina per year. Alcoa Inc (AA.N: ) has a 55 percent stake in Jamalco, following the expansion of the company's alumina refinery at Halse Hall last year. The Jamaican government holds the remaining 45 percent. The Clarendon... [read full story]                    


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