<p>Dockworkers are resuming their strike at the Port of San Antonio and other ports in Chile.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Recently, after a 14-hour government-mediated negotiation, a resolution was reached between port companies and stevedores to end the strike at the Port of San Antonio, Chile, according to the Santiago Times. Now, new strikes are threatening the existing agreement, as workers claim employers are changing the terms of employment upon workers returning to work from the strike.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The Secretary of the Front of Port Workers (FTP), Raúl González, has confirmed that all of the ports of Chile will join the mobilization. He called upon the Government to comply with the agreement signed on Saturday, according to soychile.cl.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Millions of dollars have already been lost by fresh produce exporters in the past few weeks, as the strike came during the peak of fruit production and a great deal of produce was spoiled or sold on the domestic market at lower prices.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Considering labor and transportation, lost and devalued fruit, we’ve seen losses across the chain close to US$200 million,” Ronald Bown, president of the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (Asoex), told The Santiago Times. “And to all of this one must add the damage to our image, credibility and confidence among our clients, which will encourage them to seek other suppliers.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Neighboring Bolivia has also been impacted. The landlocked country relies mainly on Chilean ports for its exports. The Bolivian Government recently stated that it has lost an estimated US$30 million due to the strike, from Bolivian truckers unable to unload their cargo at Chilean ports. Currently, Bolivia is challenging Chile in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in order to gain access to exportation.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“The mistreatment that Bolivia suffered in the Port of Iquique because of Chile is indignant and unacceptable,” Bolivian Productive Development Minister Teresa Morales told Los Tiempos.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">When will a final resolution be reached and all workers return to work? Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow as we continue to follow this story as it unfolds.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://santiagotimes.cl/port-workers-end-multimillion-dollar-strikes-uncertainty-remains/" target="_new"> The Santiago Times </a><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.soychile.cl/San-Antonio/Sociedad/2014/01/28/228071/Dirigente-de-San-Antonio-afirmo-que-habra-un-paro-nacional-de-puertos.aspx" target="_new"> soychile.cl </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
