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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
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South African gold miners will go on strike next week after talks with the Chamber of Mines collapsed. Lesiba Seshoka, a spokesman for the National Union of Mineworkers, said that the strike will
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Sep 16, 2009by a strike Johannesburg, South Africa-- MININGREVIEW.COM-- 16 September 2009 South African medium-tier gold producer DRDGold Limited has revealed that a total of about 4 400 workers at two of its mines in South Africa are on strike, and
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The 1946 African Mine Workers' Strike and the Political Economy of South Africa by Dan O'Meara University of Sussex On Monday 12 August 1946, in response to a call by the African Mine Workers' Union, over 60,000 African workers at the Witwatersrand Gold Mines stopped work. The following day the Transvaal Council of Non-
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South African Gold Strike Ends after 3 Days. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which represents about 19% of the workers, did not participate in the negotiations and as of late September was threatening to strike if its demands for a larger settlement were not met. The Chamber of Mines said the announced
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Aug 30, 2013South African gold miners will go on strike next week after talks with the Chamber of Mines collapsed. Lesiba Seshoka, a spokesman for the National Union of Mineworkers, said that the strike
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Aug 31, 1987More than 250,000 black miners agreed today to end South Africa's largest and costliest strike after three weeks. The gold and coal miners failed to win any improvement over a pre-strike
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South African Gold Mining Strike Could Impact Prices and Supply Commerzbank By Kitco News Wednesday June 17, 2015 0911. 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
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Miners' Strike. South 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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Oct 11, 2015South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) voted on Sunday to strike at the operations of AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold and Sibanye Gold. The whole gold sector has
Get PriceSouth African Gold Miners Poised to Strike Investing News Network August 26th, 2013 Reuters reports that the union representing South Africa's gold miners has threatened to down tools this
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Sep 04, 2013JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of South African gold miners are striking for higher wages in the latest blow to a once-robust industry. The strike started Tuesday evening and the National Union of Mineworkers, which says it represents more than 80,000 miners in the gold sector, says the protest will continue until its demands are met.
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Nov 22, 2018JOHANNESBURG 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.
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Sep 03, 2013Some 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. The National Union of Mineworkers
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Gold 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.
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Over 80,000 South African gold miners launched a strike Tuesday against what union officials call slave wages and employer arrogance, bringing one of the country's key industries to a screeching halt.. The AMC government-allied National Union of Miners, which represents 64 percent of the approximately 120,000 gold miners in South Africa, declared the strike after rejecting a 6.5 percent
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1914 was to make the South African gold industry the world's top producer . The South African War of 18991902 forced every gold mine into a virtual shutdown and led to a lowered demand for black labour and the loss of over 100, 000 jobs (a, Figure 1). WNLA was requested to set up a realistic structure to achieve a stable workforce.
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Miners' Strike South Africa 1946 Encyclopedia. Miners' Strike. South Africa 1946. Synopsis. In 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. Chat Here
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Gold strike hits South Africa Around 80,000 gold miners in South Africa have gone on strike calling for higher pay. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is calling for an increase of R2300 for surface and opencast miners and R3000 for underground miners (an increase of around 10 percent), down significantly from earlier demands for increases of up to 60 percent for some workers.
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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. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is now calling for a 10% wage rise, down from earlier demands for increases of up to 60% for some workers.
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Apr 12, 2016Introduction Background to the Strike. The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the various groups in the four former colonies. The union was a victory for the British especially for the 'uitlanders' (foreigners) and mining magnates who wanted to unite the country; but it was a defeat for Afrikaners such as
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The Strike in the Gold Mines of South Africa. The Strike in the Gold Mines of South Africa by A. Cooper KEY Editor and Proprietor, The South African Mining Review, Johannesburg THE strike in the Transvaal gold fields in the early months of this year can be traced back almost entirely to specific. Contact Supplier
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May 03, 2018In May 2016, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg certified this class action, the first in South African history for sick workers, allowing gold miners suffering from silicosis and tuberculosis to proceed with their claims against the gold mine companies. The Court's order was on appeal at the time of settlement.
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Sep 03, 2013Some 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. The National Union of Mineworkers
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Workers will return to Gold Fields' sole South African mine on Thursday after a six-week strike was called off by the country's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), with production likely to
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Nov 22, 2018South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater said one of its workers had been killed and a number of employees seriously injured following the beginning of a union strike at one of its gold
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Apr 03, 2017South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Monday a labour court had declared the ongoing wildcat strike at its Kusasalethu mine unprotected and
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Apr 06, 2016South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said on Wednesday it had suspended a planned wage strike at Sibanye Gold to
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Jan 20, 2014Jan 20, 2014 210 PM GMT by Metal Bulletin News. A possible industry-wide strike is under way in major platinum and gold producer South Africa after two producers confirmed receiving notices of action from militant union the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), with more to follow.
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Nov 21, 2018Mining Technology reported that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) in South Africa has declared strike action against Sibanye Gold, following a
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