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Union Victory in California Desert -- Workers Beat Back Most of Rio Tinto's Demands

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. May 15, 2010.

Workers agree to a tentative deal to end a 15-week lockout against the world's 4th-largest mining company.

Labor Showdown in the California Desert -- Mineworkers Stand-up to Multinational Rio Tinto

Mike Davis, The Nation. March 18, 2010.

The multinational mining giant Rio Tinto has uprooted unions, slashed wages and abused employees all over the world. Now workers at its California facility are fighting a lockout.

LA's Labor Groups Stand with Locked-out Union in Dispute with Multinational Mining Group Rio Tinto

Joe Costello, Archein. March 1, 2010.

Solidarity event for the brave workers in the California high desert town of Boron brings home truth that "We must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately."

Locked-out Mining Union Gets Solidarity Boost in Battle with Mineral Conglomerate Rio Tinto

Jan Frel, AlterNet. February 26, 2010.

A megabucks multinational thinks it can intimidate its unionized workers in the California high desert, but L.A. unions offer a show of union muscle and support.

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