Vavi gets flak over 'lack of leadership'

The NUM has blamed a lack of leadership by Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi for its row with Numsa.

Revised Implats offer hoped to curtail strikes

The National Union of Mineworkers will meet negotiators in a bid to avert a wage strike that could hurt the world's second largest producer.

Implats and NUM in talks to avoid strike

The NUM is meeting with Impala Platinum to avoid a possible wage strike which could hurt the world's second-largest platinum producer.

Eskom strike looms as union talks collapse

The NUM says wage talks with Eskom have collapsed and it will ask its members for a mandate to strike. But Eskom says downing tools would be illegal.

Wage talks intend to avert strike at Implats

The National Union of Mineworkers and Impala Platinum are in talks to avoid a strike over wages that could affect global prices of the precious metal.

Coal workers end strike after settling wage deal

The strike in the coal industry has ended after agreement on wage increases ranging from 8%, depending on job category.

Talks aim to end SA coal, gold sector strikes

Striking coal and gold miners will meet the Chamber of Mines in a bid to end strikes that have cost the country tens of millions of dollars.

Labour demands 'too costly for SA'

More than 200 000 gold miners who began striking on July 28 have added to what economists call the most serious labour strikes the country has seen.

Gold miners set to strike

SA gold miners will down tools on Thursday, intensifying a wave of strikes and potentially costing the sector $25-million a day.

Coal strike threatens power supply

The coal strike currently under way will threaten the immediate ability to provide electricity, say the unions and state power company Eskom.

Strikes spread to gold sector

Gold miners will join the nationwide industrial action this week and threaten supply of the precious metal at a time when gold is at a record high.

Eskom raises wage offer to keep the home fires burning

Eskom has increased its wage offer to unions, in a bid to prevent a prolonged strike that could cut power and bring disaster to the economy.

More sectors want to down tools

The economy will lose more working hours if planned strikes by hundreds of thousands of workers in the coal and diamond sector go ahead.

Coal workers dig in, prepare for 'powerful strike'

Workers in the coal sector will embark on a strike following failed wage negotiations, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday.

Coal workers to strike after wage talks stall

Workers in the coal sector will go on strike following failed wage negotiations, says the National Union of Mineworkers.

Gold mineworkers stake out strike territory

Unions in the gold mining sector have declared a dispute which could lead to 140 000 employees downing tools.

'We don't want to strike -- but we do want 14%'

The National Union of Mineworkers will continue talking to gold producers this week to prevent a strike, but is still holding out for a 14% wage hike.

Call to arms for 'a living wage'

The petroleum, chemical and mining industries -- key sectors in the economy -- are bracing themselves for rolling mass action starting next week.

NUM, mines gird themselves for wage wars

The National Union of Mineworkers hopes to secure a 14% pay hike this week at its wage discussions with the Chamber of Mines, which has offered 4%.

Ignored NUM warns Eskom of 'mother of all strikes'

The NUM says it is being ignored by Eskom, which has raised executive salaries by 109% in the past year, and warned of "the mother of all strikes".

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