TALKS BEGIN TO END BOLIVIAN MINERS' STRIKE
Union leaders of 9,000 miners employed
by the state corporation Comibol began talks with the
government today on ways on ways to solve their strike over
pay, a mining ministry spokesman said.
    Labour minister, Alfredo Franco, met with Juan Lechin
Oquendo, the veteran secretary general of the Bolivian Labour
Organization (cob) and Victor Reyes, the miners federation top
leader, at the mining ministry, he said.
    "This time we shall start negotiations but continue with
our moves to press the government until a solution is found for
our demands," Lechin told reporters shortly before the talks.
 Reuter
