Word: lucchetti
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...decided to visit the Lucchetti plant, a worker-expropriated factory that produces half of Chile's noodles. At the gate we were stopped by a burly "people's guard," who watched us closely as a companion vanished into a nearby building. A few minutes later, a stocky man with a rumpled sports coat met us, and after listening to our request, ushered us into a small, spartan office. "We have taken over the factory," said Union Spokesman Guillermo Bonilla, "because the bosses never gave workers human respect or consulted with them about changes in their jobs. They were...
Bonilla vowed that the Lucchetti workers would continue occupying the factory until the government did something to improve their lot. Just what the government could do, he did not detail. But he warned that if any attempt is made to evict the workers forcibly, they will fight back. "And if this means civil war, then...
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