Papuan strike halts world's biggest gold mine
The Jakarta Post | Wed, 07/13/2011 2:22 AM | Business
Fair pay: In
this Sunday, July 10, 2011 photo, workers of global mining giant
Freeport-McMoran gather during a strike in Timika, Papua province,
Indonesia. Thousands of workers are currently on a strike at the gold
and copper mine in eastern Indonesia to demand higher wages and
protesting the dismissal of their six union leaders. (AP Photo)A
few clicks on the keyboard of his computer was enough to get Simon
Windesi and his friends riled up about the low wages their employer, a
global mining giant, pays in this far-flu Indonesian province.