South Africa gold miners go on strike Some 80 000 gold miners in South Africa have gone on a strike to call for higher pay but their union has significantly scaled down its demands
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Get PriceGold mine workers in South Africa told mining companies they would strike in the coming days as producers and unions battle over wage rises threatening a central part of the country s economy
Get PriceEmployees of the west section of the KDC Gold Mine … on the West Rand in South Africa have been engaging in an unlawful and unprotected strike since the start of the night shift Sunday
Get PriceThe strike by some 76 000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts
Get PriceAmcu is to embark on a strike this week in both the platinum and gold sectors after issuing employers of both sectors with strike notices
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Get PriceThe strike officially starts at 6 p m The length of the strike could depend on negotiations between the unions and Sibanye NUM acting General Secretary William Mabapa said by phone Mabapa confirmed that workers are now prohibited from reporting for duty due to the lockout
Get PriceSouth Africa s labour court ruled Monday that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union AMCU which is leading the five month strike in the platinum sector are not allowed to take
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Get PriceSouth Africa s mining industry has been a central part of its history for 100 years Libanon and Kloof gold mines into a single operation by 1968 established a project that has gone on to produce around 15 000kg of a 70 000 strong strike at platinum mines in 2024 and action involving nearly 20 000 platinum and gold workers between
Get PriceThe five month strike has halted mines that normally account for 40 percent of global platinum output and has hit wider economic output in Africa s most advanced economy driving it into
Get PriceSouth Africa 1922 Synopsis In early 1922 white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government
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Get PriceAll the three major labor unions in the South African gold mining industry rejected the proposed 13% pay hike The labor unions demand 70% 100% increase of wages
Get PricePepper spray drone offered to South African mines for strike control 20 Jun 2024 20 years after apartheid South Africa is still finding forgiveness 11 Jun 2024
Get PriceThe dispute was declared late in 2024 after wage talks deadlocked between the company and the unions including the National Union of Mineworkers Sibanye s final offer would have seen a monthly
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Get PriceThe National Union of Mineworkers NUM Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union AMCU UASA and Solidarity have been negotiating as a coalition since October Collectively they are
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Get PriceSibanye stops South Africa gold mining operations as strike begins He said no workers had reported for work on Thursday morning After NUM and AMCU the country s two biggest mineworker unions served Sibanye with a strike notice in the week the company proceeded to issue a lock out notice to bar all workers from accessing the work place
Get PriceMarch 8 Reuters South Africa s Sibanye Stillwater Ltd SSWJ J has received a notice of strike at its local gold mining operations from two unions starting on Mar 9 the company said
Get PriceDec 5 2024 JOHANNESBURG Dec 4 South Africa s crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades as tens of thousands of workers stayed home to protest poor safety
Get PriceIn a letter signed by Jimmy Gama the chief negotiator of the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union AMCU and the National Union of Mineworker s William Mabapa unions said the strike would kick off with the evening shift at 6pm They said they remained open to negotiations to end the strike
Get PriceThe AMCU which led the longest strike in South Africa s mining history at platinum producers last year has demanded wages of 12 500 rand $936 a month for entry level workers That would
Get PriceAs of the night shift on Sunday September 9 employees of KDC Gold Mine s West section in South Africa have gone on strike Gold Fields Limited NYSE GFI announced calling the strike unlawful and unprotected Production at KDC West has ceased as almost 15 000 employees are part of the strike Gold Fields South Africa Region
Get PriceHARARE March 10 Reuters South Africa s Sibanye Stillwater SSWJ J said on Thursday it had stopped operations at its gold mines after two major unions began a strike over wages The National
Get PriceIn August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union AMWU in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country s Witwatersrand gold producing region The strike was the first widespread action taken by African workers since 1920 Nearly 100 000 black workers struck completely or partially shutting down 13 mines
Get PriceLocated in South Africa s Mpumalanga region which borders Swaziland and Mozambique the South Deep gold mine is the largest in the country and the seventh deepest in the world extending 2 995 metres below the Earth s surface The facility which is also home to a massive resource base of uranium produced 77 800 ounces oz of gold during
Get PriceNUM and Amcu the two biggest mine unions in SA have demanded an increase of R1 000 per month over the next three years similar to the amount Sibanye s rival Harmony Gold agreed to pay last year
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