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14 Nov 2012 Anglo American Platinum has made a new offer to striking workers in an attempt to get operations running again. The new offer still included a once-off payment of R4 500, spokesperson...
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NUM and most mining companies ... The union had declared a strike on November 9 after coal sector wage negotiations broke down, but the industrial action was avoided at the last minute with an ...
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The Beeld reported on Friday that unrest in the mining industry ahead of wage negotiations would be discussed. ... The NUM demanded that surface workers receive a minimum amount of R7000 a month ...
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He said the coal mining companies had tabled a final offer of an 8.5% increase for entry-level employees and 7% for other employees. Delmas Coal had offered 7.5% for entry-level workers and 6% for ...
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johannesburg (miningweekly) - the association of mineworkers and construction union (amcu) on tuesday demanded 150% increase in minimum pay for all entry-level underground gold-sector...
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This book presents a first-hand account of the inner workings of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in its confrontation with the Tory government during the Miners' Strike of 1984/5 that...
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01 September 2009 - 22:12 By KEA' MODIMOENG A STRIKE by about 200000 workers in the coal and gold mining sectors has been averted with the signing of wage agreements yesterday. The unions, which...
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Aug 31, 1987Black miners and other black mine employees earn an average of $250 a month, about one-third of what white miners are paid. Nine miners were killed, 300 were wounded and more than 400 were arrested...
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In a submission to the industry's Chamber of Mines, which negotiates for employers, NUM said it wants an entry-level wage of $750 (7,000 rand) per month minimum for surface workers and $850 (8,000...
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JOHANNESBURG - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has said the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) will be called to mediate its wage negotiations in the coal sector ...
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NUM demands In June, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) demanded a 20% increase in wages across the board when it tabled its platinum wage demands. Commenting on this, AMCU contemptuously says that they are not in a competition with NUM, noting that they are "on their own and are not pressured by any demands that NUM wanted."
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Rock-drill operators had managed to negotiate an increase for themselves, but the NUM intervened to negotiate increases for all workers. Rock drillers then received a smaller increase than...
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Oct 2, 2020Press Statement, 02 October 2020 NUM SIGNED A ONE YEAR WAGE AGREEMENT WITH MSOBO COAL The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has signed a one year wage agreement with Msobo Coal mine whereby permanent workers in category 4-8 will receive a 7.5% increase whereas miners, artisans and officials will receive a 7% increase.
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Feb 14, 2022The members rejected the latest offer by Sibanye to increase monthly wages R700 annually for three years and are demanding R1 000 for the same period, said NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu. The...
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Miners have been on strike at the Magdalena coal mine since October 17. Manyoni said the miners had initially wanted a minimum R3000 increase a month for the lowest-paid workers. After negotiations...
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REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (Reuters) By Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a three-year wage deal with Gold Fields on Friday for a 21...
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he National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has signed a one year wage agreement with Msobo Coal mine whereby permanent workers in category 4-8 will receive a 7.5% increase whereas miners, artisans and officials will receive a 7% increase. The NUM and Msobo Coal also agreed on a five years living out allowance with an increase of R959 for three ...
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MEMBERS of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Building Allied Mining and Construction Workers' Union will go on strike at Kumba Resources on Sunday, following a deadlock in wage and ...
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The NUM wants an 8% increase at De Beers, while the company is offering 1.5%. Exxaro Coal is offering 5%, against the union's 7.5% demand. The threat of the strike comes as mining companies are ramping up production following the lockdown. Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) are set to down tools at De Beers, Exxaro and Petra ...
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Enter the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) NUM vs The Chamber of Mines. 5. The NUM was formed in 1982 and represents approximately 300 000 members in the mining industry. It is the largest recognized collective bargaining agent representing workers in the mining industry and its membership constitutes approximately 60% of the workforce.
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The NUM wage demand for lowest paid workers represented an increase of 13% after initially asking for a 50% lift. Coal producers, meanwhile, had raised their offer up to 8.5% for lowest paid workers from 8% previously. A strike in the coal sector would be potentially damaging to Eskom which has an average coal inventory of about 42 days.
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15 November, 2017 Coalminers in South Africa belonging to IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), will give notice to strike on 16 November after wage negotiations with the Chamber of Mines have reached a deadlock. Miners were demanding a one off payment of US$77.
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Diamond workers have been seeking a 15 per cent increase from De Beers - three times the inflation rate. De Beers had revised its offer up to 7 per cent from 5 per cent earlier in the week, but ...
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Copper production climbed 18% to 202,000 metric tons thanks to higher ore grades at the company's Los Bronces and Collahuasi mines in Chile. As a result, the miner has raised its 2014 copper-output forecast to 710,000 tons to 730,000 tons from 700,000 tons to 720,000 tons.
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The 1972 UK miners' strike was a major dispute over pay between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Conservative Edward Heath government of the United Kingdom.Miners' wages had not kept pace with those of other industrial workers since 1960. The strike began on 9 January 1972 and ended on 28 February 1972, when the miners returned to work.
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To improve working conditions and increase wages for mine workers. Specifically, a 20% wage increase, an 8-hour workday (down from 10 for miners and 12 for maintenance workers), the right to check the operator's stated weight of coal, the creation of a grievance policy fair to workers, recognition of the union, and the right to collectively bargain.
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rate of energy consumption and international trade of products will increase mining's potential for greenhouse gas emission and energy regulation. Synthesis of company Mining companies often operate in some of the most politically and socially challenging parts of the world, where the industry remains an important driver of economic growth.
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Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images. Two unions have slammed Eskom for entering into a costly coal-supply deal with Seriti Resources and South32 SA Energy Coal Holdings. The unions took issue with Eskom renegotiating coal-supply deals upward while pleading poverty to employees asking for wage increases. South32 invoked a hardship clause in its ...
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The NUM must identify its own shortcomings and ask whether a new system of wage negotiations is needed, whether mining royalties benefit communities and how unions, companies and government can collaborate to improve the living conditions of mine workers. The uprising across the mining sector shows that workers simply do not believe that the ...
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According to the union's statement, the coal mining companies responded as follows: Anglo Coal and Glencore are offering the lowest paid workers an increment of 8.5 percent, and for the artisans, miners and officials, 7 percent
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Wage negotiations have started in the coal sector. "The talks began (this morning)," said National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka. The NUM has demanded a 14% pay increase. The Chamber of Mines - representing coal companies - has offered between seven and 8.5%.
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"The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected the Chamber of Mines' offer of between 8 and 10 percent from gold employers, and will escalate the dispute on 21 July," NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said. The union "'South Africa's biggest mineworkers' body "' warned that the increase might not be enough to avert a strike.
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Aug 31, 1987The gold and coal miners failed to win any improvement over a pre-strike wage increase put into effect by employers. Mine industry sources said the mining companies had clearly won on economic terms.
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Numsa maintains that South32 can afford a reasonable wage increase for lower-level workers and says it will approach the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council for a certificate to ...
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1972: Miners strike against government. Coal miners walked out at midnight in their first national strike for almost 50 years. Three months of negotiations with the National Coal Board ended in deadlock four days ago with an offer of 7.9% on the table and the promise of a backdated deal for an increase in productivity.
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Mar 31, 2022Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said the firm's last revised offer in December of a R700 per month increase for entry-level miners was final. The NUM and AMCU are seeking a R1,000/month increase which Sibanye-Stillwater said would load up the mines with R1bn a year in additional costs it could not ultimately support.
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Gold mining wage negotiations set for Tuesday:Tuesday 9 June 2015. AMCU wants a R12 500 minimum wage for entry level workers while NUM demands a 50% pay increase for entry level employees. Talks in gold mining industry collapse:Monday 15 October 2012. Miners on an illegal strike could face dismissals after wage negotiations talks collapsed today.
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has stated that gold producers offered a pittance for wage increases. The NUM says the offered annual wage increases of up to R550 to miners and up to 4.5% for artisans, miners, and officials are insulting. A statement from the union reads:
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) announced on May 19th that it would demand pay increases of up to 60% for workers in the gold and coal mining sectors, raising fears of a new wave of labour unrest amid rising costs in an already hard‐hit industry. The mining union said it wants an employee working underground at a mine to earn a basic monthly salary of Rand 8,000. Surface workers ...
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NUM wants a 14 percent increase in wages for miners and officials plus a 13 to 14 percent rise in pay for the lowest-paid workers, according to the media report. Coal companies are offering about 8...
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