Such benefits cost a lot more than the difference between our wages and those of permanent employees.
In 2009, the mine employed 578 people, all of which were permanent employees.
We have 328 permanent employees plus contract staff, a total of 386 at the moment.
The division has 90 permanent employees and eventually jobs will be lost, he said.
But he said that many permanent employees knew little English.
There are 300 permanent employees, although hundreds more have worked in Denver.
They might have 12 permanent employees making $6.50 an hour.
"Now, however, all the work is done with much temporary help and very few permanent employees."
The staff should be permanent employees at a high level to have clout.
He wrote that his department would provide language training to permanent employees "to the extent possible."
