Workers blocked access to a saw-mill owned by forestry and paper company CMPC CAR.SN in south-central Chile early on Wednesday in a pay dispute, local radio reported, but it was not immediately clear if output was affected.

Radio BioBio said 136 workers were blocking the entrance to the Maderas de Mulchen plant, one of four sawmills the pulp producer owns, in what it described as an indefinite strike. CMPC officials were not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Fabian Cambero; Editing by John Picinich)

(Reuters, 03/06/2010)