BusinessLive reports that Solidarity on Friday expressed concern over the state of affairs at the Barbrook Mine near Barberton, which is under business rescue.  

The union said workers were not paid at all in December and that in November had only received a portion of their salaries.  Barbrook’s sister mine, Lily Mine, has been under business rescue for nearly a year and is not operational.  Both mines are owned by Australian listed Vantage Goldfields.  Solidarity’s Connie Prinsloo said the union would meet the Barbrook business rescue practitioner and mine management on 11 January to establish the nature of Barbrook’s business prospects and what has been done so far to rescue the mine.  According to Prinsloo, Lily Mine employees who accepted voluntary severance packages in April last year were still waiting for their unpaid salaries and payment of their severance packages.  "Solidarity will not allow the Barbrook employees to be deceived by false pretenses and promises, as in Lily’s case," he stated.

• Read this report by Linda Ensor in full at BusinessLive
• See too, Union vows to protect members at Lily's sister mine, at Fin24
• Read Solidarity’s press statement in this regard at Solidarity online

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