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BusinessLive reports that Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) laid off about half of the underground workforce at its Mototolo mine after an unprotected strike over changes to conditions of service.
The platinum producer said the General Industrial Workers Union of SA (Giwusa) had declared a dispute at the Limpopo mine, in which it has full control after buying out the stake held by Glencore. According to the union, changes Amplats made to the medical aids of those coming from Glencore’s payroll, to bring them in line with its own systems, amounted to a “unilateral change in employees’ conditions of service”. Amplats argued the schemes entailed similar benefits. The union declared a dispute with Mototolo at the CCMA on 9 May. A day later, Amplats was granted a court interdict preventing the union from striking. But, employees belonging to the union went on strike anyway and have not heeded calls to return to work. Apparently, about 600 employees were dismissed, but they have until 21 May to appeal the termination of their employment. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) indicated that unlike the five-month Amcu strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines, the Mototolo strike was not violent.
- Read the full original of Allan Seccombe’s report on this story at BusinessLive
- Read too, Amplats dismisses 643 workers at Mototolo Mine following unprotected strike, at Fin24
- And also, Amplats fires 643 at Mototolo Mine amid eight-day unprotected strike, at Miningmx
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