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200 Waikato coal miners strike
July 13, 2007
200 Waikato coal miners strike
Miners at Solid Energy contractor HWE Mining are currently on strike after the company refused to move on its pay offer at a time when Solid Energy and other contractors in negotiations are starting to make progress towards a settlement.
The 200 miners began their lightning strike action at Rotowaro mine (near Huntly) at 6am this morning and will continue it until further notice.
The strike action is part of a nationwide pay dispute involving more than 800 coal miners employed by Solid Energy and its contractors.
The dispute has now been running for two weeks and has so far involved a nationwide overtime ban, spontaneous rolling stoppages and an eleven day strike by miners at the Spring Creek and Terrace mines.
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