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South African union rejects 13% pay hike; president threatens strike

Posted by ipso facto @ 10:09 on August 3, 2015  

The union representing about a third of nearly 100,000 gold miners in South African labour talks, has rejected an offer of a 13-percent pay rise.

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) hinted that a strike may be the next step in the long-suffering negotiations for a fair deal for employees and gold companies.

“If we need to go march at their offices we will,” AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa told thousands of workers who gathered at the stadium next to a mine shaft about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Johannesburg, according to a Sunday post on Bloomberg

more http://www.mining.com/south-african-union-rejects-13-pay-hike-strike-may-be-imminent/

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