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BusinessLive reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), the biggest union in the platinum industry, has scored a major victory with the labour registrar deciding against its deregistration for not holding an elective conference.
On Monday, labour relations registrar advocate Lehlohonolo Molefe announced that he had decided not to continue with his plans to deregister Amcu following a number of written representations from the union’s leadership. In March, Molefe issued a notice of intention to deregister Amcu, after it allegedly ceased to function in terms of its own constitution, a move Amcu described at the time as a political attack aimed at destroying the organisation. Molefe charged that Amcu had not held an elective conference for five years and had effectively ceased to function as a “genuine trade union” as envisaged in the Labour Relations Act. “Having considered further representations by Amcu which include supporting documents, the registrar has taken a decision not to continue with the deregistration of Amcu,” Molefe said on Monday. He advised that Amcu was scheduled to hold its long-awaited national congress from 18 to 20 September 2019. When contacted on Monday, Amcu national treasurer Jimmy Gama pleaded: “Just give us some time to reflect on this please.”
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