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- noun Plural form of
mineworker .
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Examples
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MELBOURNE—More than 2,000 mineworkers at coal operations operated by BHP Billiton Ltd. in northeastern Australia plan rolling walkouts next week as a dispute over a new employment agreement widens.
BHP Billiton Faces Strike At Queensland Coal Mines Robb M. Stewart 2011
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We had just seen the bars that had sprung up in the informal settlements surrounding the migrant mineworkers dormitories.
Ben Plumley: HIV/AIDS Is Still Everyone's Business Ben Plumley 2011
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MELBOURNE—More than 2,000 mineworkers at coal operations operated by BHP Billiton Ltd. in northeastern Australia plan rolling walkouts next week as a dispute over a new employment agreement widens.
BHP Billiton Faces Strike At Queensland Coal Mines Robb M. Stewart 2011
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"The former minister was referring to the proven environmental damages caused in the northern province of Cesar by Drummond's coal mining -- a disaster compounded by serious allegations of violations of the human rights of local residents and mineworkers," she writes.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Monsanto's Mutant Alfalfa and the Feral Pig Invasion The Media Consortium 2011
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The mineworkers union is one of the oldest in the country.
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"The miners are not 'heroes,' as they have been called around the world for surviving underground for over two months," Néstor Jorquera, president of the Chilean mineworkers union, CONFEMIN, told the Inter Press Service.
Mike Elk: Rescued Chilean Miners Greeted As Heroes -- but They're Also Victims Mike Elk 2010
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"The former minister was referring to the proven environmental damages caused in the northern province of Cesar by Drummond's coal mining -- a disaster compounded by serious allegations of violations of the human rights of local residents and mineworkers," she writes.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Monsanto's Mutant Alfalfa and the Feral Pig Invasion The Media Consortium 2011
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"The miners are not 'heroes,' as they have been called around the world for surviving underground for over two months," Néstor Jorquera, president of the Chilean mineworkers union, CONFEMIN, told the Inter Press Service.
Mike Elk: Rescued Chilean Miners Greeted As Heroes -- but They're Also Victims Mike Elk 2010
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"The former minister was referring to the proven environmental damages caused in the northern province of Cesar by Drummond's coal mining -- a disaster compounded by serious allegations of violations of the human rights of local residents and mineworkers," she writes.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Monsanto's Mutant Alfalfa and the Feral Pig Invasion The Media Consortium 2011
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"The former minister was referring to the proven environmental damages caused in the northern province of Cesar by Drummond's coal mining -- a disaster compounded by serious allegations of violations of the human rights of local residents and mineworkers," she writes.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Monsanto's Mutant Alfalfa and the Feral Pig Invasion The Media Consortium 2011
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