Camposol refuses to honor collective agreement: Camposol, Peru's largest agro-export company, hires the vast majority of its workforce of over 13,000 on various forms of temporary contracts. Company management routinely retaliates against workers who join a union or lodge complaints by placing them on "temporary leave" or refusing to renew their short-term contracts. In 2013, the company refused to honour an existing collective bargaining agreement and even filed frivolous legal charges against union leaders for exercising their right to strike.

Anti-union tactics by Agrícola Virú: Agrícola Virú, one of the largest Peruvian agro-exporters, employs over 8,000 workers largely on temporary and seasonal contracts. According to a recent report, the company has used a wide range of anti-union tactics to deny workers their right to freedom of association, including the harassment of union members and leaders with the threat of layoffs and dismissals. In 2013, the company filed criminal defamation charges against a union leader for speaking on a local radio show about the poor working conditions in the agricultural sector.

One dead in Nazca iron mine strike: One worker was killed and some 200 reported injured when police fired on striking miners blocking a highway near the Shougang Hierro Perú iron mine at Marcona, Nazca province, in Peru's coastal region of Ica on May 25. At least one other worker suffered a bullet wound. Videos aired on media in Peru show workers chanting "no disparen, no disparen" (don't shoot, don't shoot) at the National Police troops. The strike was called by the FNTMMSP union federation to oppose the layoff of more than 80 workers by subcontractor Coopsol. Strikers were also pressing community demands for reduced electricity rates and a potable water project. All 963 workers at the mine took part in the strike, and the company has not brought contract workers to replace them while talks with the FNTMMSP are ongoing. The FNTMMSP on May 18 called a national strike to protest government decrees that allow greater use of subcontractors in the mining sector. The FNTMMSP called off the national strike on May 27. The Marcona complex, Peru's biggest iron mine, is owned by China's biggest iron producer, Shougang Group. The mine was also paralysed by strikes in 2009 and 2007.

Striking Peruvian workers attacked: Several thousand workers at Northern Peruvian asparagus and artichoke company, Sociedad Agricola Viru (SAV), stopped work on April 22, 2015, in protest at what they believed was fraud by their employer.

For the third year running the company declared a financial loss to revenue authorities, but the union believes this was just accounting manipulation to prevent them from sharing profits with workers.

At least two workers were injured when police in riot gear were called by the company and responded to striking workers with rubber bullets.

General secretary of the SITESAV union, Genaro Quispe Ventura, said two workers were being treated at the local clinic for their injuries. He regretted that the company responded with repression rather than dialogue. Police, claiming they had only acted in legitimate defence, denied opening fire on protesting workers.

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