A 24-hour stoppage by unionized workers at nChile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper nproducer, has halted production at all operat-ning divisions, union head Raimundo Esipinoza ntold reporters Monday. “The information I nhave is that all the divisions are halted - only nemergency personnel are present,” he said. nWorkers walked out at the start of the morn-ning shift at 5:00 a.m. local time in a one-day nprotest over alleged plans to partially privatize nthe state-owned mining firm and concerns nover job losses. “Operators have been joined nin the protest by some supervisory staff and nsubcontractor workers,” Espinoza said dur-ning a noisy protest by union officials outside nCodelco’s headquarters in downtown Santiago. n“The aim is the government understands that nCodelco will not be privatized,” said the offi-ncial, who is president of the Copper Workers nFederation, an umbrella group for Codelco nunions. Ministers and executives have denied nthat the government is planning to privatize nbut Espinoza has called on Chile’s president
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