About 540 workers at Gold One International’s Modder East gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, have been prevented from returning to the surface by labor-union members after a dispute over recognition, reported Bloomberg. Workers at the operation were kept underground after the night shift ended by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, according to Jon Hericourt, a Gold One…
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Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) confirmed 26 May it has signed a new five-year wage agreement with three of its four recognized unions. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and UASA – The Union (UASA) represent 90% of the company’s unionized employees. The wage agreement increases salary and salary-related allowances, which will increase…
Read MoreThe Solidarity union and the South African workers of Sibanye-Stillwater are no longer at odds after the former accepted the miner’s most recent wage offer. According to a Reuters report, the union has now withdrawn any further labour action and has split from a group of unions negotiating together for the first time. Solidarity and three other union groups –…
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