Word: catavi
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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Last week Patiño's Indians went on strike, and the tin empire and Bolivia trembled. A week after the deadline for re-enactment of an enlightened labor code, workers at the Catavi mines walked out, demanding a 100% wage increase, a Christmas bonus, which they claimed was theirs by law, and the end of the company stores (virtually their only source of food and clothing) which kept them constantly in debt...