PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
United Steelworkers (USW) requested yesterday that the U.S.
Department of Justice immediately begin to investigate whether
Freeport-McMoRan has been bribing security forces in Indonesia.
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The Indonesian police have recently been quoted in the local
media acknowledging that they accepted millions of dollars from
Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian subsidiary PT Freeport to provide
security for the miner's operations in Papua, Indonesia. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
bans companies from paying foreign officials to do or omit to do an
act in violation of his or her lawful duty.
Police personnel providing security for Freeport-McMoRan
operations in Papua have recently
played a highly controversial role in a strike by some 10,000
miners. This includes firing on strikers during a demonstration on
October 10, killing two and injuring
eight others.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. (FMCG, NYSE: FCX) is a
mining company headquartered in Phoenix,
Arizona that operates in a number of countries. USW
represents some 260 workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Chino mine in
New Mexico.
See entire letter:
http://usw.org/our_union/international/page?type=international_news&id=0033
The USW is the largest industrial union in North America and has 850,000 members in
the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. It represents workers employed in
metals, rubber, chemicals, paper, oil refining, airlines, atomic
energy and the service sector.
CONTACT:
Benjamin Davis (202) 550-3729
SOURCE United Steelworkers (USW)