“The mining company, Lonmin, and miners signed an agreement which means the end of the strike at its Marikana mine in the northwest. South African Miners Agree to End Strike, Return to Work
S Africa miners agree on terms to end strike. deal ‘in principle undertakings’ with South African union leaders which could end the crippling strike. to ensure a safe return to a
Jun 24, 2014· South African miners agree wage deal to end strike. Union leaders have signed a wage deal with South Africa's biggest platinum mining companies, ending the nation's longest-running strike.
Print. Text. JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's main platinum mining union said Monday that its members agreed to a wage settlement that will end a five-month strike, the country's longest
Jun 25, 2014· Thousands of miners at South Africa's biggest platinum mining firms have returned to work, a day after unions signed a wage deal to end a five-month strike.
Apr 27, 2020· READ MORE: Coronavirus: South Africa to ease lockdown to level 4 as of 1 May says Ramaphosa. Marathon Ahead. South Africa’s Minerals Council says that mining production could return to production levels of over 50% while still containing coronavirus.
The African People’s Organisation declared that African workers had every right to withhold their labour, and protested at the brutal manner in which the African miners were forced into the shafts. When African strikers were charged and sentenced to six-month terms in prison, the African National Congress,then just a year old and called the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), expressed its outrage.
Sep 19, 2012· LONMIN platinum mine workers in South Africa have ended their strike in return for pay rises of up to 22 percent, after a nearly six-week standoff that
Sep 19, 2012· South Africa is home to 80 percent of all known reserves of platinum and is a major gold producer. The unrest this year has cost the mining industry 4.5 billion rand ($548 million) in lost output
S Africa miners agree on terms to end strike. deal ‘in principle undertakings’ with South African union leaders which could end the crippling strike. to ensure a safe return to a
Oct 13, 2015· South African coal mineworkers on Tuesday ended a 10-day strike after reaching a pay agreement with employers, their union said, relieving pressure on the country's strained power supply. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it had accepted wage increases from producers, and
Jun 25, 2014· Thousands of miners at South Africa's biggest platinum mining firms return to work, a day after unions signed a deal to end a five-month strike.
Mar 12, 2018· Lonmin platinum mine workers in South Africa ended their strike in return for pay rises of up to 22 per cent, after a nearly six-week standoff that claimed 45
Apr 27, 2020· READ MORE: Coronavirus: South Africa to ease lockdown to level 4 as of 1 May says Ramaphosa. Marathon Ahead. South Africa’s Minerals Council says that mining production could return to production levels of over 50% while still containing coronavirus.
Apr 15, 2020· A strike for higher pay hit production at most of South Africa's gold mines on Wednesday, but the main union behind the stoppage said it
Sep 18, 2012· South Africa is home to 80 percent of all known reserves of platinum and is a major gold producer. The unrest this year has cost the mining industry 4.5 billion rand ($548 million) in lost output
Jun 16, 2014· Industrial action is in its fifth month causing negative growth in the economy Spokespersons for the three major world producers of platinum announced on June 12 that firms had reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has threatened the South African economy with a renewed recession. Members of the Association of Mineworkers and []
Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers’ Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went on for a week despite what South African History Online describes as “the most savage police terror”. Officially, the police and army attacked the
Striking South Africa platinum miners agree deal with Lonmin. September 19, 2012 206 Comments. Miners to return to work after pay rise ends five weeks of bitter industrial action during which 45 people were killed. Filed Under: Lonmin set to breach loan agreements over South African mine strike. August 22, 2012 Leave a Comment.
Jun 25, 2014· He estimated the world No. 1 platinum producer would end up losing 11 billion rand ($1.04 billion) due to the strike. In Marikana, miners cheered the return
The main union's failure to return to negotiate a final agreement leaves the deal to end a five-month platinum miners strike in limbo. South Africa's mining unions have rejected the gold
The world’s top three platinum producers and the upstart union that led an unprecedented five-month strike signed an agreement on Tuesday, bringing to an end the longest and costliest wage
Oct 18, 2012· South Africa 2012 SA mining strikes for dummies. It has fired 12,000 striking miners who refused to return to work, and with attendance so low most Rustenburg operations are unable to