Mining Weekly reports that as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across SA, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has again called on employers to test all employees for Covid-19.  

The union noted that while it has consistently called for the testing of all workers, the official stance of government and employers has been to only test workers who failed the screening process.  “Even though Amcu warned that screening alone would have significant shortcomings, especially when workers do not present symptoms, there was no appetite to change the current approach by employers,” the union noted in a statement.  Although Amcu welcomed the opening of the economy, it said there remained serious concerns about the safety and welfare of workers as SA moved to Alert Level 3 of the national lockdown.  Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa noted many workers were facing economic hardship as a result of the national lockdown.  “It is important that they are enabled to return to work so that they can look after their families and their loved ones,” he said.

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