Definition of "mineworkers" [mineworkers]

• Plural form of mineworker. (noun)

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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."
• ""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."
• "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."