Amcu wage strike
Amcu tables R17,000 minimum wage demand for mineworkers
Amcu is the majority union in the platinum sector and accepted a 12.5% wage increase after initially demanding 47% in 2016.
The union says it’s been made aware of an agreement signed with the national union of mineworkers although it's members are in the majority and are still on strike.
Sibanye Stillwater says Amcu is going about its strike action the wrong way and it could negatively impact members of the union.
Six suspects appeared before the Brits Magistrates Court on Monday in connection with the murders of at least nine union leaders in and around Marikana.
The company has offered workers a wage increase of 6.75% while the union is demanding 14.35%.
The existing two-year wage deal between the companies & unions expires at the end of next month.
Amcu said on Monday it would launch an indefinite strike at the bullion producer to demand higher wages.
It’s understood guards used rubber bullets to disperse a group of protesters at the Shanduka Mine.
The three-week long strike by 160 Amcu members at Glencore's Wonderfontein mine turned violent.
Workers say they are underpaid compared to employees in the platinum and coal mining sectors.
Wage talks between SA bullion producers and unions started in June with NUM and Amcu.
The union insists it did not walk out of negotiations, but simply declared a deadlock.
Vavi says the Marikana commission didn't investigate the causes leading up to the deaths on the platinum belt.
The hardline Amcu union is demanding a more than doubling of wages from gold companies.
The company returned to full production earlier than forecast after a crippling five-month wage strike.
A restructuring is expected in South Africa’s platinum sector after a strike by Amcu which ended in June.
The company says its immediate aim is to ramp up production after a crippling five month strike.
According to a report, the platinum producers aims to cut around 5,700 jobs.
The mining union will sign a three-year wage agreement with Royal Bafokeng Platinum today.