[miningmx.com] — THE National Union of Mineworkers (Num) on Monday will start a strike at Xstrata’s operations across the country after a dispute over an employee share ownership programme, the union said.
Num spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka said on Friday the union wants the company to pay equal dividends to all employees under the programme.
“We served (the company) notice to strike yesterday. The strike will affect all their diversified operations, Xstrata coal, Xstrata alloys,” Seshoka said.
Companies with operations in South Africa set up employee share programmes in a bid to increase worker and, in particular, black ownership.
