One of the articles that I read earlier in the week seemed to imply that the workers don't really have any other alternatives which is one reason why they are so bent out of shape. I don't know anything about local labor law but it could be that they are contracted to the mine and other employers won't hire them because of that.
I feel quite certain that if this new group demonstrates some good faith in paying back wages and social security and then says, 'Hey, show up on Monday at 8 and let's crank this thing back up' then that's what they'll do. Money talks, and if they pay that should speak plenty loud enough.
Now, what happens with all of the skilled mining professionals, the Spanish, Chilean, Peruvian veterans that they had doing the high-level work who presumably have many other employment options I do not know.
