ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Monday said that it had successfully negotiated an agreement to avoid retrenchments at AngloGold Ashanti (AGA).
The union met on Monday with AGA to seek avoidance measures that would minimise the retrenchment of workers to zero after the gold producer issued a Section 189 notice to retrench 849 workers. The NUM’s Tafa Moya said it was agreed that workers would be transferred to other business units within the company and the other workers would be re-skilled for other jobs. AGA spokesperson Chris Nthite confirmed the meeting with labour representatives to explore steps to mitigate job losses, but said it was too early to predict the overall outcome of the agreement. He stated: “This engagement is ongoing and it remains too early to pre-empt an outcome.”
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Read too, Job cuts at AngloGold’s SA mines crucial precursor to reinvestment, at Miningmx
- And also, Duarte takes dig at Pityana over AngloGold job losses, at TimesLive
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page