TimesLIVE reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will be continuing with its four-month wage strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa made the announcement at a mass meeting at the Driefontein operations on Monday. The strike saw at least 15,000 Amcu members downing tools in November 2018 at Kloof, Driefontein and Beatrix mines. They are demanding R1,000 yearly wage increments for the next three years, while the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Solidarity, and Uasa have accepted increases of R750 per year for the next three years. Mathunjwa stated: “Our objective has always been and will always be to fight for our members to earn a decent living wage.” He advised that the union had written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting an urgent intervention, but had not received a response as yet.
- Read the full original of Iavan Pijoos’ report on the above at TimesLIVE
- Read too, Amcu not backing down as Sibanye strike rages on, at Independent News
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