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"Asarco has broken the law with its illegal , mean-spirited
approach to bargaining.uswa.org

- Lay the groundwork for building a sustainable global network of
unions and academics to continue to work together to effectively
engage multinational corporations worldwide.

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"Grupo Mexico has claimed this transfer is in the best interests
of stockholders," said STMMRM President Napoleon Gomez Urrutia .
USWA sent a delegation of members employed by Asarco in Arizona to
Grupo Mexico's smelter in Nacozari in October 2004 as a show of
solidarity with the striking STMMRM members there.cornell.

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"Grupo Mexico's Asarco is not treating our members and retirees
with justice or dignity," said USWA sub-director for the US Southwest
Manuel Armenta, who participated in the rally.

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"Despite high copper
prices, Asarco is demanding harsh concessions in nearly every area. The unions representing workers at SPCC's
operations in Peru have also participated in these efforts.

STMMRM represents over 250,000 metal and mining industry workers
in Mexico.

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Grupo Mexico has faced multiple strikes at its operations in Peru
and Mexico in recent years.

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"We hope that Grupo Mexico will realize the power of international
labor solidarity, and that it's in the interests of all of the
Company 's stakeholders to respect our unions," said Gomez Urrutia.

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Business Editors

MEXICO CITY----A group of over one
hundred US and Mexican trade unionists and their supporters held a
rally today at Grupo Mexico (BMV:GMEXICOB) headquarters in Mexico City
demanding that the Company respect workers and their unions .
Last month, at a meeting between Gomez Urrutia and USWA President
Leo Gerard in Phoenix, Arizona , the two unions formally committed to
joint actions when in disputes with common employers.

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It included a
delegation of USWA elected officers and staff.

What: The conference will bring together a wide range of organizers,
researchers, and comprehensive campaign specialists from the labor
movement, as well as scholars from around the globe who study
multinational companies and multinational campaigns to:

- Share and learn from recent union initiatives in strategic corporate
research and strategic global organizing and bargaining campaigns in
order to more effectively take on multinational companies through
global comprehensive campaigns.S.edu/globalunionsconference

Contact Adam Lee
412-562-2482

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The United States National Labor Relations
Board recently issued a complaint against Asarco for its refusal to
provide information critical to bargaining," stated Armenta.

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The rally
was jointly organized by Mexico's Miners and Metalworkers Union
(STMMRM) and United Steelworkers of America (USWA). The conference
includes union organizers, researchers, and comprehensive campaign
specialists.

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Rally participants waved signs, held banners and chanted slogans
calling for just treatment of workers at all of Grupo Mexico's
operations.
Inside the Company's headquarters , a special meeting of Grupo
Mexico subsidiary Southern Peru Copper Corporation (SPCC) (NYSE, LSE:
PCU) stockholders was being held to finalize the transfer of Minero
Mexico, Grupo Mexico's Mexican mining assets, to SPCC. The Company is currently in negotiations
with USWA and other unions representing about 750 workers at Grupo
Mexico owned Asarco operations in Arizona and Texas.

Special Tribute: Former USW President George Becker will receive a
special recognition on Friday evening for his contributions during the
1994-95 global campaign to win a labor agreement with the Bridgestone -
Firestone Company at five U.

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News From USWA: US and Mexican Metals Unions Rally for Justice at Grupo Mexico; Stockholders Alerted to Power of International Labor Solidarity

PITTSBURGH,

Who: The United Steelworkers (USW) will participate in an international
planning conference of scholars and trade unionists hosted by The School
of Industrial and Labor Relations of Cornell University.

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Contracts
covering these workers expired on July 1, 2004, and contracts covering
workers at Asarco' Ray Mine expire July 1, 2005.
The rally builds upon recent efforts by STMMRM and USWA to
solidify their ties.
USWA and STMMRM have also recently been involved in efforts to
form a coalition of metals and mining industry unions throughout the
Western Hemisphere.

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"However , it should not result in shutdowns or job reductions at any
of its operations. It represents workers at Grupo Mexico's Cananea and La
Caridad mines and its Nacozari smelter.

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Grupo Mexico, the world 's third largest copper producer,
has operations in Mexico, the US and Peru.

The USWA has over 600,000 members in the United States and Canada
and represents workers in steel, rubber and tire , aluminum, mining,
glass, forestry and health care.

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STMMRM, together with our union brothers and
sisters in the US and Peru, will not allow Grupo Mexico to forget the
interests of workers.

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"And Asarco broke its promise to retirees by unilaterally cutting
their healthcare benefits, benefits which Asarco had earlier committed
to provide," added Armenta.

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- Expand our collective knowledge and understanding of the changing
nature of corporate ownership structures, practices , and strategies
for the world's largest multinationals. locations.

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Where: The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Times Square, located at 1605 Broadway
and 49th Street in downtown Manhattan, New York City.

When: February 9-11, 2006.

Web information: http: //www.

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