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ANA reports that trade unions were expected to formally respond to wage offers tabled by gold producers when the third round of negotiations resumed on Wednesday.
At the second round of talks, gold producers had tabled opening wage increase offers, for a three-year deal, ranging between 5.5% and 6.5% for underground employees, and between 3% and 4.5% for miners, artisans and officials. "These wage offers are not even close to what our members are demanding. The gold producers have been very arrogant in their approach to this wage negotiations to the extent that their offer on the table smacks of insults and arrogance," National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said at the end of the second round. The majority union in the gold sector, the NUM, had previously tabled an entry-level monthly demand of R9,500 for surface workers, R10,500 for underground workers and 15% across the board for officials, in a two-year deal. It had also demanded a living out allowance of R3,000 and a housing allowance of R5,000. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s (Amcu’s) demand was for a R12,500 minimum wage for all employees between categories four to eight.
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