The Congress of South African Trade Unions totally disapproves of the decision by Lily Mine's senior management to resume operations at the mine ,while three mine workers, Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerenda are still buried underground. This is not just insensitive but also point to the fact that the mine is prioritising profits before workers.
The decision to resume operations before the rescue operations have been finalised proves that Lily Mine views workers as cheap labour that is easily disposable.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article