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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...
Amcu was briefing the media on Tuesday about the job cuts and the ongoing wage negotiations in the platinum sector.
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.
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).
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.
Five positions including that of the president, deputy president and treasurer were uncontested.
Union officials said Joseph Mathunjwa and all other national leaders have been nominated uncontested as Amcu's elective congress gets under way.
Although the union’s officials have been mum about whether leadership positions were being contested, the congress’s draft programme made provision for elections.
Cosatu announced Thursday that it would visit the North West informal settlement with President Cyril Ramaphosa in October.
Friday marked seven years since 34 Marikana mine workers were shot and killed by police during a protracted strike over pay. Amcu held its annual commemoration event in the mining community.
At least 34 miners were gunned down by police on 16 August 2012.
As South Africa reflects on the Marikana massacre that claimed the lives of 34 mineworkers seven years ago on this day, mining union Amcu has described it as the epitome of a struggle for economic emancipation.
Mining union Amcu said it was still considering launching a legal challenge against the Farlam commission of inquiry's findings into the Marikana massacre.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has accused management at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Lonmin mine of instigating another Marikana by offering workers paltry wage increases as salary negotiations continued in the platinum sector.
In an interview with Eyewitness News, Amcu leader Joseph Mathunjwa said such a government would take a stern position against businesses which exploit workers.
In a wide-ranging interview with Eyewitness News, Amcu leader Joseph Mathunjwa said a dictatorship style government would take a stern position against businesses which exploit workers.
Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Tuesday it was ready to hold its congress next month and its president Joseph Mathunjwa said he was ready to serve another term should members renew his mandate.
Wage negotiations are now in the second month and there are fears that failure to conclude them amicably will lead to a debilitating strike affecting an already struggling economy.
The trade union claims to represent 60,000 workers in the sector and has just come out of a five-month strike over wages against Sibanye-Stillwater's gold division.