from http://www.reuters.com/
LIMA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Workers at Repsol's (REP.MC) La Pampilla oil refinery in Peru said on Tuesday they had started a two-day strike to pressure the company for better benefits and to end forced overtime.
La Pampilla, located near the Pacific coast, has a precessing capacity of some 107,000 barrels per day, and is Peru's largest refinery.
The country is a net oil importer and the government is encouraging foreign investment in the sector to boost output.
"It's a 48-hour (strike)," union leader Jose Guerrero told Reuters outside Repsol's corporate office in Lima, Peru's capital.
Roughly 100 workers, wearing blue and orange Repsol vests, were outside the office mid-Monday, carrying protest signs and chanting strike slogans.
Company officials were not immediately available to comment.
On Monday, Repsol said it had taken precautions so that production would not be "significantly affected" by a strike.
LIMA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Workers at Repsol's (REP.MC) La Pampilla oil refinery in Peru said on Tuesday they had started a two-day strike to pressure the company for better benefits and to end forced overtime.
La Pampilla, located near the Pacific coast, has a precessing capacity of some 107,000 barrels per day, and is Peru's largest refinery.
The country is a net oil importer and the government is encouraging foreign investment in the sector to boost output.
"It's a 48-hour (strike)," union leader Jose Guerrero told Reuters outside Repsol's corporate office in Lima, Peru's capital.
Roughly 100 workers, wearing blue and orange Repsol vests, were outside the office mid-Monday, carrying protest signs and chanting strike slogans.
Company officials were not immediately available to comment.
On Monday, Repsol said it had taken precautions so that production would not be "significantly affected" by a strike.
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