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Families, business owners count cost of Amcu strike
With Amcu members returning to work for their first salaries in almost five months, family members and businesses that have felt the pinch say that it is going to take a while to recover from the effects of the strike.
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Amcu members to return to work at Sibanye gold mines after strike
About 15,000 workers are expected to report for duty at the company’s Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix operations after a payless stay away that lasted almost five months.
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Amcu ‘doesn’t regret’ 5-month wage strike
The union on Wednesday called its strike off, which saw over 14,000 workers at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations down tools.
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Sibanye: Amcu members to return to work after Easter break
Amcu reached an agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater after signing a three-year wage deal which sees salaries increase by R650 for the first year, R700 for the second and R825 for the third year.
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Sibanye-Stillwater, Amcu seal wage deal
Amcu agreed to take a 5.5% pay rise for the first year and 5.5% or the consumer inflation rate, whichever is the greater, in years two and three.
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SAHRC mulling prospects for public inquiry into Sibanye mine disruptions
Fifteen-thousand workers affiliated to union Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union have been on strike for almost five months.
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SAHRC launches preliminary probe into strike at Sibanye-Stillwater mines
Representatives from the commission met with mine management, union representatives and police on Wednesday.
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SAHRC to intervene in 4-month long Amcu strike at Sibanye-Stillwater mines
Fifteen thousand miners affiliated to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union downed tools at Sibanye's gold operations in November after rejecting the company's wage offer.
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SAHRC to visit Sibanye’s Driefontein division after 9 killed in strike
The commission says it will examine whether the mining company and unions explored all options to resolve the strike in three different provinces.
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Sibanye-Stillwater to approach court to declare Amcu strike unprotected
This comes after Sibanye was successful in the union membership verification process which confirmed that Amcu was the minority union at its gold mines.
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Mathunjwa urges govt to mediate in Sibanye strike
Mathunjwa says it’s important to note that Amcu has little power to ensure that the strike is called off.
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Mathunjwa: Amcu strike to continue indefinitely
Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa says workers should remember they’ve been made in the image of God and not that of Sibanye CEO Neil Froneman.
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Amcu to hold mass meeting Sibanye mine to discuss protracted strike
Amcu is demanding a R1,200 a month salary increase with the National Union of Mineworkers, Solidarity and United Association of South Africa agreeing to R700 for the first two years.
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Court blocks mine union Amcu plans for industry-wide strike
Amcu has been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations since mid-November in a pay dispute and wanted to extend the strike to at least 15 other companies.
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Mantashe: Prosecuting mining companies due to deaths will cripple industry
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union president Joseph Mathunjwa has called for punitive measures in response to deaths at mines.
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Court orders Amcu to suspend planned industry-wide strike
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations since mid-November in a pay dispute and announced on Tuesday it would extend the strike to platinum and other mines.
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Amcu to share details of strike against job cuts at Sibanye-Stillwater
The mine incurred a R1 billion loss at its gold operation, resulting in mass restructuring.
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Amcu calls on Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders to disinvest
The union announced on Tuesday that it will be staging a secondary strike at the mine against plans to restructure the company.
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Amcu announces secondary strike at Sibanye-Stillwater
Amcu has called on all Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders to disinvest as a form of protest against the company's CEO Neal Froneman.
