There were 4 notes from the Chilean miners. Here are the other 2 they are not showing.

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There were 4 notes from the Chilean miners. Here are the other 2 they are not showing. - Magda Hassan - 31-08-2010

No doubt people here have heard the wonderful news that all the Chilean miners who were trapped underground in a copper and gold mine in Chile have been found safe and well. After so many days lost and trapped almost all were giving up hope of finding them alive again. The first things the miners did was send up a message to their families saying they are all alive and well in the refuge. We all saw President Pinera in the media holding the two messages in a plastic protective sheet. Here it is (below) in case you missed it. Pinera's image has been all over the media with regards to the miners rescue. Any one would be forgiven for thinking he personally drilled the hole that discovered the miners in their refuge. Father of the Patria, Pinera, rescues his children the miners and is there to pass on his needed support. What would they do without him? What would the nation do with out this hero/strong man? Everything is under control. [Image: 55704742.jpg]

Definitely heartwarming stuff and we love to hear they are safe and all alive. Their families must be overjoyed.
However, one thing that has not been shown in the MSM are the other notes that the miners have also sent up. There were actually 4 notes sent up together.
Here are the other two notes sent by the miners below. The third notes says "Shut up Pinera!" and the forth note says "Support the Mapuches 41 days on hunger strike. (signed) The miners of the Atacama."

Now that puts it all in another picture doesn't it? Never for a minute do these workers forget the forces that are against them.

There were 4 notes from the Chilean miners. Here are the other 2 they are not showing. - Magda Hassan - 31-08-2010

By MATT MOFFETT

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile—As Chilean government rescuers prepare to start the monthslong task of digging out 33 miners trapped half a mile below ground, questions are emerging about whether the men will be paid during their ordeal.
The firm that ran the mine, Cia. Minera San Esteban Primera, has said it may have to declare bankruptcy, because of the shutdown of the mine and the flurry of government investigations and civil actions it is facing. The local mining union has asked the government to step in and meet the San José payroll starting in September. But on Monday, government officials said that, while they are keen to assist the miners, the government isn't legally permitted to pay their salaries.
The salary debate unfolded Monday as the government made final preparations to start using a massive 30-ton drill to burrow down to where the miners have been holed up since Aug. 5. The government said it could take three to four months to reach the miners and then hoist them out.
The Miners

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Chile's Efforts to Rescue Miners

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Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press Relatives waited outside the collapsed mine Aug. 9.

In the meantime, the chief of the San José union, Evelyn Olmos, asked the government to assume San Esteban Primera's payroll responsibilities, so that "the company is in debt to the government, but not to the workers."
A labor ministry subsecretary, Bruno Baranda, replied that the government "cannot legally, within the regulations, take over labor responsibilities such as paying salary or pension benefits." He and other government officials said the government had planned to offer the miners training and assistance in finding other jobs.
That doesn't answer the question of how the workers' families will survive until they are rescued. Many families have been camped out in a tent city above the mine, dubbed Camp Hope, where they have received food and counseling from the government.
"People have been generous, but we wonder what happens when the September salary is due," said Blanca Rojas, whose brother Esteban is trapped in the mine. "More than anything, we want Esteban out of the mine, but his family must eat." Analysts said it was likely the government would find some way out of the impasse to avoid a political black eye.

There were 4 notes from the Chilean miners. Here are the other 2 they are not showing. - Magda Hassan - 31-08-2010

Quote:In the meantime, the chief of the San José union, Evelyn Olmos, asked the government to assume San Esteban Primera's payroll responsibilities, so that "the company is in debt to the government, but not to the workers."
A labor ministry subsecretary, Bruno Baranda, replied that the government "cannot legally, within the regulations, take over labor responsibilities such as paying salary or pension benefits." He and other government officials said the government had planned to offer the miners training and assistance in finding other jobs.

Of course they can. 1. The laws can be changed and 2. if the company is going bankrupt anyway the government can nationalise it and take over operation and staff. But I think they'd rather fuck the miners over for the cost of their own rescue instead of doing the right thing.

There were 4 notes from the Chilean miners. Here are the other 2 they are not showing. - Peter Lemkin - 31-08-2010

Magda Hassan Wrote:
Quote:In the meantime, the chief of the San José union, Evelyn Olmos, asked the government to assume San Esteban Primera's payroll responsibilities, so that "the company is in debt to the government, but not to the workers."
A labor ministry subsecretary, Bruno Baranda, replied that the government "cannot legally, within the regulations, take over labor responsibilities such as paying salary or pension benefits." He and other government officials said the government had planned to offer the miners training and assistance in finding other jobs.
Of course they can. 1. The laws can be changed and 2. if the company is going bankrupt anyway the government can nationalise it and take over operation and staff. But I think they'd rather fuck the miners over for the cost of their own rescue instead of doing the right thing.

What a lovely homecoming present that will be....a bill handed to each miner for their own rescue and food, air, etc. supplied during their entombment - moments after they step foot on the surface...about right for the 'kind' of government in place in Chile now......:reddy: