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Amcu leader Joseph Mathunjwa leads striking members in protest near a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in 2019. Picture: @_AMCU/Twitter

Amcu strike action

Unions warn auto and mining industries of possible strike action

By Theto Mahlakoana

Wage talks between employers in the automotive industry and unions have collapsed in their infancy.

  • Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

    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.

    1222 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

    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.

    1271 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

    Sibanye-Stillwater expects gold output to miss forecast amid wage strike

    Four employees were killed and several others injured during the strike-related violence, the miner said on Thursday.

    1311 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa briefs the media on 4 August 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    [WATCH] Amcu threaten to strike at Implats over job cuts

    Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa says the union will embark on an unspecified industrial action at Impala Platinum if talks over the company's plans to cut a third of its workforce fail.

    1467 days ago
  • Anglo American Platinum’s Khuseleka mine shaft in Marikana, North West. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Amplats confident of settling wage dispute with NUM

    The company has offered workers a wage increase of 6.75% while the union is demanding 14.35%.

    2152 days ago
  • The Kroondal operation in Rustenburg. Picture: Aquarius Platinum.

    Sibanye Gold expects all employees to return to work today

    The company has warned those who fail to return to work face potential disciplinary action.

    2266 days ago
  • One of the cars damaged in the strike by Amcu affiliate workers at Glencore's Wonderfontein mine in Mpumalanga. Picture: Twitter: @_Amcu

    Glencore: Coal strike violence worsens

    Striking workers are said to have torched 2 trucks and offices at the Wonderfontein Mine on Wednesday night.

    2319 days ago
  • FILE: While Amcu has received a certificate of non-resolution and the right to strike, it has not served Sibanye Gold with notice of the action. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Sibanye Gold ‘has no intention’ of revising wage offer for Amcu workers

    Amcu has now been handed a certificate of non-resolution, meaning it can embark on a protected strike.

    2503 days ago
  • FILE: Solidarity says it will encourage its members to accept the latest wage offer in the gold sector.

    Solidarity urges Amcu to consider wage offer

    Solidarity says it will encourage its members to accept the latest wage offer in the gold sector.

    2568 days ago
  • FILE: Thousands of miners flocked to the Royal Bafokeng stadium near Rustenburg on 23 June 2014 to accept a wage agreement from platinum producers which ended South Africa's costliest and longest strike. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Amcu threatens strike over extension of wage deal

    The hardline Amcu union is demanding a more than doubling of wages from gold companies.

    2623 days ago
  • A restructuring is expected in South Africa’s platinum sector after a strike by Amcu which ended in June. Picture: www.implats.co.za.

    Implats embarks on strategic review

    A restructuring is expected in South Africa’s platinum sector after a strike by Amcu which ended in June.

    2907 days ago
  • Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa raises his hands triumphantly at the Royal Bafokeng stadium near Rustenburg as miners agree to sign a wage agreement on 23 June 2014. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Platinum firms, Amcu to seal the deal

    Amcu says its wage deal with platinum producers will be signed today.

    2972 days ago
  • Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Labour Court: Amcu can't strike in gold sector

    The Labour Court has ruled against the union which was seeking permission to strike at gold mines.

    2973 days ago
  • Amcu members sing and dance at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg ahead of the briefing by union leader Joseph Mathunjwa on 23 June 2014. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Platinum strike: Miners to be addressed

    The union will reveal the response by platinum companies to its additional demands in Rustenburg.

    2973 days ago
  • FILE: Hundreds of striking Amcu miners wait patiently as the sun sets to hear what the latest offer is from platinum producers on 12 June 2014. Picture: Reinart Torien/EWN.

    Breakthrough in platinum strike on the cards

    Amcu has planned a mass meeting with workers in Rustenburg this afternoon.

    2973 days ago
  • FILE. While it won’t say which, Sibanye Gold has publicly expressed interest in acquiring platinum mines. Picture: AFP

    Sibanye Gold looks to acquire platinum mines

    While it won’t say which, Sibanye Gold has publicly expressed interest in acquiring platinum mines.

    2975 days ago
  • Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramatlhodi. Picture: AFP.

    'Platinum wage deal will be sealed this weekend'

    Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi says the parties concerned are working very hard to resolve the strike.

    2976 days ago
  • Around 70,000 Amcu-affiliated miners have been on strike on the platinum belt since January. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Platinum sector could see '10,000 job losses'

    Solidarity is concerned workers will be affected by downsizing once the platinum strike comes to an end.

    2977 days ago
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