[miningmx.com] – THE Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has established a strike fund to help support members who are in dispute at the Rustenburg mines of Lonmin, Impala Platinum and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), said BDLlive citing union president, Joseph Mathunjwa.
The publication added that Mathunjwa believed his members were steadfast and had shown ‘unwavering strength’ as they continued to strike as they sought to structurally change pay in the sector.
Cited in a separate article by Bloomberg News, Mathunjwa said: “This protracted strike has been a long but necessary journey for AMCU members, who have made sacrifices to transform the current slave-wage system in the mining sector”.
There’s been “no traction from employers, who are stuck on their 9% offer. Our members remain resolute in their demands,’ Mathunjwa is quoted by Bloomberg News to have said.
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