South African Gold Miners Go on Strike
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers in the gold sector have downed tools for better wages and improved working and living conditions.
Drilling underground in a South African gold mine.
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South Africa:
Gold Miners to Strike
SAPA, 3 September 2013
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the gold sector will down tools on their night shift on Tuesday, the union said. Read more »
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South Africa:
Unions Reach Agreement With Two Gold Mines
SAPA, 4 September 2013
Gold producers Evander Gold and Village Main Reef have reached agreement with the NUM and the United Association of SA, the Chamber of Mines said on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
SA Mining Will Pull Through - Motsepe
SA Info, 3 September 2013
South Africa's mining industry will come through its current labour problems and re-affirm the country's position as a globally competitive destination for investment, African… Read more »
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South Africa:
South African Mine Group Announces Strike
VOA, 2 September 2013
The General-Secretary of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says members of the group will begin a strike Tuesday to press home their demands for better living… Read more »
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South Africa:
Factions in Cosatu, Economic Fear Mongering and the State We're In
SACSIS, 2 September 2013
Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and then there are weeks when decades happen." British Labour Party Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, was to similarly explore… Read more »
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South Africa:
Cosatu Backs Num Eskom, Construction and Gold Mine Workers
COSATU, 26 August 2013
The Congress of South African Trade Unions fully backs the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in their disputes in the construction and gold mining sectors, and with Eskom, and… Read more »
InFocus
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected a final pay offer by employers in the gold mining industry, while smaller unions are still considering the offer. The NUM has ... Read more »
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There appears to be no end in sight to the countrywide strikes that are gripping vital sectors of the economy. Read more »