Wednesday, 25 June 2014 SOUTH AFRICA: PLATINUM MINERS - TopicsExpress



          

Wednesday, 25 June 2014 SOUTH AFRICA: PLATINUM MINERS VICTORY! ‘NO MORE starving for us and our families!’ elated miners chanted as celebrations broke out across Rustenburg in South Africa, as the country’s longest mining strike ended in victory. The miners are going back to work today after winning their fight against poverty wages. Over 70,000 AMCU miners had been on strike for 5 months since 23 January...... ....On Monday night thousands of AMCU members filled the Rustenburg’s Royal Bafokeng Stadium to hear AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa announce the end of the strike. ‘The platinum sector will never be the same. What other unions have failed to do over many years, you have achieved in five months,’ he told cheering workers at the Stadium. The wage agreement will last for three years and Mathunjwa said Lonmin had agreed to reinstate all 236 essential services staff fired during the strike.....
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:37:44 +0000

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