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FILE: Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: @_AMCU/Twitter.

Amcu wage strike

Amcu tables R17,000 minimum wage demand for mineworkers

By Theto Mahlakoana

Amcu is the majority union in the platinum sector and accepted a 12.5% wage increase after initially demanding 47% in 2016.

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    1342 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

    Sibanye Stillwater condemns Amcu strike

    Sibanye Stillwater says Amcu is going about its strike action the wrong way and it could negatively impact members of the union.

    1342 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS

    Police expect to make more arrests related to Marikana killings

    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.

    1647 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%.

    2157 days ago
  • The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) leader Joseph Mathunjwa raises his hands triumphantly in the Royal Bafokeng stadium near Rustenburg as miners agree to sign a wage agreement which ended the longest strike in South African history on 23 June 2014. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Amcu to set wage demands for platinum sector

    The existing two-year wage deal between the companies & unions expires at the end of next month.

    2284 days ago
  • FILE: Members of Association of Mine workers and Construction Union (Amcu) protest at Glencore’s Wonderfontein coal mine in Mpumalanga. Picture: @_AMCU.

    Amcu suspends planned strike at Sibanye

    Amcu said on Monday it would launch an indefinite strike at the bullion producer to demand higher wages.

    2324 days ago
  • Bidvest Security reportedly shot at Amcu members as they were protesting on wages at Shanduka Mine. Picture: Twitter @_AMCU.

    Amcu: There's no excuse for shooting at protesting miners

    It’s understood guards used rubber bullets to disperse a group of protesters at the Shanduka Mine.

    2325 days ago
  • FILE: Members of Association of Mine workers and Construction Union (Amcu) protest at Glencore’s Wonderfontein coal mine in Mpumalanga Picture: @_AMCU.

    Striking workers arrested at Glencore coal mine

    The three-week long strike by 160 Amcu members at Glencore's Wonderfontein mine turned violent.

    2326 days ago
  • Sibanye Gold logo. Picture: Facebook.

    Amcu: Sibanye strike will underscore our majority claims

    Workers say they are underpaid compared to employees in the platinum and coal mining sectors.

    2326 days ago
  • FILE: Wage talks between SA bullion producers and unions started in June with NUM and Amcu. Picture: EWN.

    Unions divided over gold producers' wage offer

    Wage talks between SA bullion producers and unions started in June with NUM and Amcu.

    2574 days ago
  • A mine shaft. Picture: AFP

    Amcu & gold companies return to negotiating table

    The union insists it did not walk out of negotiations, but simply declared a deadlock.

    2591 days ago
  • Advocate Dali Mpofu, former Cosatu General Secretatary Zwelinzima Vavi and Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa at the EWN Marikana debate on 29 June 2015. Picture: Leeto Khoza/EWN.

    #EWNDebate: Political affiliations to blame for Marikana - Vavi

    Vavi says the Marikana commission didn't investigate the causes leading up to the deaths on the platinum belt.

    2607 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.

    2628 days ago
  • FILE: Miners return to work at Lonmin's Rowland shaft in Marikana on 25 June 2014. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Lonmin back to full production after strikes

    The company returned to full production earlier than forecast after a crippling five-month wage strike.

    2870 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.

    2912 days ago
  • FILE: Mine workers walk to a meeting point at Lonmin's Marikana Mine. Picture: EWN.

    Lonmin: No decision on size, shape of restructuring

    The company says its immediate aim is to ramp up production after a crippling five month strike.

    2914 days ago
  • FILE: Striking platinum miners gather at the Wonderkop Stadium in Marikana waiting to receive news on an ending strike proposed deal on 12 June, 2014 in Marikana, South Africa. Picture: AFP.

    Lonmin denies rumoured job cuts

    According to a report, the platinum producers aims to cut around 5,700 jobs.

    2914 days ago
  • Impala Platinum's Marula mine in Limpopo. Picture: www.implats.co.za.

    NUM agrees to 3 year wage deal

    The mining union will sign a three-year wage agreement with Royal Bafokeng Platinum today.

    2954 days ago
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