[miningmx.com] – WORKERS at Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel project, in which Sherritt International Corporation has a 40% stake, are considering going on strike amid concerns of job cuts, a trade union official told Reuters.
“We could go up on strike, but we have to be careful before deciding to move in this direction,” said Richard Rakotovao, the head of union’s legal department, saying workers were concerned about a wave of job cuts.
The crisis at one of Madagascar’s biggest foreign investment projects comes as the poor but mineral-rich Indian Ocean state faces a political crisis after its parliament moved to sack President Hery Rajaonarimampianina late last month, said Reuters.
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