South African Gold Mineworkers Strike

South Africa's AMCU union to launch strike at .

South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said on Monday it plans to launch an indefinite strike on Wednesday at Sibanye Gold to demand higher wages. AMCU members had voted in October to strike in the gold sector, including at Sibanye, but had agreed not to down tools

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South African gold miners go on strike - BBC . Some 80,000 gold miners in South Africa, one of the world's biggest producers of the precious metal, have gone on strike, but have significantly reduced their demand for higher pay. Read more. Rand Rebellion 1922 | South African History . Strikes soon spread to the gold mines of the Reef, especially those in the East Rand, when electrical power ...

New strike hits S.Africa gold mine - Expat Guide to .

Striking workers paralysed a gold mine in South Africa Monday, fueling fears that mounting discontent could spread to the entire mining sector and grip the continent's economic...

Some South African gold miners end strike

06/09/2013· JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Some South African gold miners have ended their strike and are heading back to work after just three days of industrial action .

South African gold miners go on strike over .

Tens of thousands of gold mine workers in South Africa have began their strike on Tuesday (03.09.2013) after wage talks broke down. The strike is threatening to cause millions of dollars loss in ...

Biggest Sibanye Gold unions get approval to .

The two biggest South African unions at Sibanye Gold's [] mines got permission to strike over pay after a deadlock in gold wage talks.The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) received strike certificates at Sibanye after negotiations were referred to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), Minerals Council ...

South African Gold Mine Workers in a live-or-die .

South African Gold Mine Workers in a live-or-die Dilemma. Tuesday, August 27th, 2013. This live-or-die dilemma hangs equally over boardrooms, mining shafts and communities in an industry which ...

Thousands of South African Gold Miners Due To .

By Devon Maylie JOHANNESBURG--Thousands of gold mine workers in South Africa are set to go on strike from Tuesday night to demand higher wages, putting a strain on a sluggish economy and a... | September 3, 2013

Thousands of South African Gold Miners Due To .

By Devon Maylie JOHANNESBURG--Thousands of gold mine workers in South Africa are set to go on strike from Tuesday night to demand higher wages, putting a strain on a sluggish economy and a... | September 3, 2013

Sibanye offers cash advance to eligible .

Amid an ongoing strike at its South African gold operations, Sibanye-Stillwater said today that it will be extending a special cash advance of up to 50 percent of basic pay to employees in the ...

Amcu accepts CCMA proposed settlement - .

AMCU, which represents 13,000 of the 32,200 people employed at Sibanye-Stillwater's South African gold operations embarked on the strike four months ago demanding an annual wage increase of .

South Africa gold strike ends - Yahoo Finance

South African mine workers walk home with fire wood in Carletonville on September 3, 2013. A gold miners' strike has ended after workers at Harmony Gold accepted a final wage offer, the country's second-largest producer of the precious metal has said.

South African Gold Mining Strike Could Impact .

South African Gold Mining Strike Could Impact Prices and Supply – Commerzbank By Kitco News Wednesday June 17, 2015 09:11. What is expected to be difficult negotiations has started among South African gold producers, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represents 57% of South African miners, and the more radical group, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union .

South African gold miners go on strike - .

04/09/2013· A strike by tens of thousands of South African gold miners severely affected production in the struggling industry on Wednesday. There were no .

One dead in violent Sibanye-Stillwater mining .

South Africa's largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, on Thursday said one of its employees was shot dead in a violent strike that shuttered all three of its mines.

South Africa: Threat of Gold Mining Strike Not Yet .

The threat of another strike continues to hang over the South African gold mining industry following the rejection by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) of a 13 per cent pay offer, but compromise will be needed on all sides if a repeat of the five month strike led by the AMCU that afflicted the platinum industry in 2014 is to be avoided.

South African gold miners go on strike - 9Finance

Thousands of South African gold miners have gone on strike after wage talks broke down, threatening to cause millions of dollars in lost output in the troubled sector.

Strike starts in South Africa's gold mines

By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A strike in South Africa's gold mines began on Tuesday with some workers failing to go underground for the evening shift, despite an appeal by President Jacob Zuma for a solution to avert a stoppage that will hurt Africa's largest economy. "It has

South African gold miners go on strike - 9Finance

Thousands of South African gold miners have gone on strike after wage talks broke down, threatening to cause millions of dollars in lost output in the troubled sector.

One dead as South Africa gold mine strike turns .

South Africa's largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, on Thursday said one of its employees was shot dead in a violent strike that shuttered all three of its mines.

Sibanye Gold, AMCU end five month strike; R1 ... - .

By Felix Njini and Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) – South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union agreed to end a strike at Sibanye Gold Ltd.'s gold mines that has crippled production and squeezed the company's finances.

South African gold sector wage negotiations .

Wage negotiations in the gold sector are at a deadlock and the South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has declared a dispute, a move that is one step short of a strike. The post South African gold sector wage negotiations deadlock – union appeared first on MINING.

South Africa's AMCU union to launch strike at .

Strike looms in South African gold mines - .

A powerful South African labour union Thursday warned of a potential strike in the strategic gold mining sector, after wage talks became deadlocked.