Amcu
SA mines reconfigure to survive virus amid job loss fears
There’s a new normal for South Africa's mines as the key industry slowly resumes operations under loosened anti-coronavirus restrictions.
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Amcu calls for universal testing for COVID-19 at all SA mines
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa said that the only way to ensure the safety of mineworkers and the industry’s sustainability was through testing all workers.
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Amcu wins COVID-19 safety for miners case
Amcu filed the court action to demand national safety standards for mines, including sanitisation procedures and minimum level of protective gear, before they go back to work.
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Amcu lawyers liken COVID-19 to TB, saying it’s life-threatening
Thursday is day two of a virtual Labour Court sitting in which Amcu wants the mining department and minister to be compelled to make binding regulations that are coupled with potential jail time for mine bosses who do not comply.
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Court to hear testimony from Minerals Council in Amcu case against DMRE
The union took the department to court to compel Minister Gwede Mantashe to institute binding regulations for employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Criminal sanctions not attached to new rules, putting workers at risk: Amcu
The union has approached the court to compel Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe to issue binding regulations.
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Amcu heads to court to compel dept to set minimum standards for health, safety
The union wants government to issue binding regulations to protect miners from the virus as the lockdown moves to level 4 allowing production to return to more than 50%.
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Amcu calls for urgent coronavirus summit in mining sector
The union has expressed concern over the safety of miners following the announcement by government that mining companies can restart production at half of their capacity over the next two weeks.
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Amcu to give an update on financial irregularities with Labour Registrar
This time union leaders have to explain several financial irregularities emanating from its 2018 audited financial statements, which were flagged by the registrar as well as the status of its leadership structures.
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Cosatu condemns violence among Lonmin miners after 15 deaths
It’s understood the workers affiliated to NUM and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have been at loggerheads for the past seven years.
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Amcu seals platinum wage deals
The signing ceremony will take place in Muldersdrift, a town in South Africa’s platinum mining heartlands 30 kms northwest of Johannesburg at 0800 GMT on Wednesday, Amcusaid.
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Mathunjwa: Sibanye-Stillwater had no intent of improving Marikana miners' lives
Amcu was briefing the media on Tuesday about the job cuts and the ongoing wage negotiations in the platinum sector.
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Mathunjwa decries govt snubbing Amcu's elective congress
The organisation held the four-day gathering after the Labour Registrar threatened to deregister the union if it failed to hold a congress in line with its constitution.
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Amcu willing to put off strike for ‘peaceful’ wage negotiations, for now
The union held a briefing earlier on Tuesday and announced that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) facilitated wage negotiations with Amplats and Sibanye-Stillwater.
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Sibanye-Stillwater remains stumbling block in wage talks, says Amcu's Mathunjwa
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa said on Tuesday the union and some employers in the platinum mining sector were headed for another round of mediation at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
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Amcu's Mathunjwa on his re-election: Why should you change what is working?
Mathunjwa has described the gathering as a display of Amcu’s democratic nature, despite criticism that the conference was merely held for appearances in light of the union’s troubles with the Labour Registrar.
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Joseph Mathunjwa re-elected as Amcu president
Five positions including that of the president, deputy president and treasurer were uncontested.
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Mathunjwa set to return as Amcu president after uncontested nomination
Union officials said Joseph Mathunjwa and all other national leaders have been nominated uncontested as Amcu's elective congress gets under way.
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Amcu elective congress expected to pave way for new leadership
Although the union’s officials have been mum about whether leadership positions were being contested, the congress’s draft programme made provision for elections.
