AAP General News (Australia)
01-19-2000
WA: BHP strikers arrested, injured as action escalates
By Andrea Mayes
PERTH, Jan 19 AAP - Seven unionists were arrested and another was knocked unconscious
as strike action against BHP's operations in Western Australia's Pilbara escalated today.
Police were accused of brutality after using batons to clear a path through a picket
outside BHP's Mt Whaleback mine in Newman, while WA Police Minister Kevin Prince rejected
claims he had orchestrated violence by telling police to break up the picket.
Acting Prime Minister John Anderson described the violence as "unfortunate", while
the federal …
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