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Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) on Monday confirmed it would be embarking on secondary strike action at Sibanye-Stillwater’s platinum operations in SA from 22 January.
This will be in support of the strike at Sibanye’s gold operations, which has been ongoing since 22 November. Amcu stated that it would continue its strike at the gold operations until its demand for a R1,000 increment for each of the the next three-year period was met. The secondary strike will involve 12,500 Amcu members at the miner’s platinum operations, while the strike at the gold operations involves 15,000 members. “[The strike] will mark one of the biggest examples of mass rolling strike action across different mineral commodities by a single union in South African history,” stated Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa. Amcu’s gold strike is ongoing despite Sibanye having extended its wage agreement with three other trade unions to all employees.
- Read the original report in this regard at Mining Weekly
- Read too, Angry Amcu to extend gold strike to Sibanye’s platinum operations, at BusinessLive
- Read Amcu’s press statement in this regard at Polity
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