/ 8 February 2000

NUMSA DOWNS TOOLS AT AMPLATS REFINERY

SOME 60 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa members downed tools at Amplats’ Rustenburg base metal refinery on Thursday, mine spokesman Johan Adler said. The strike follows a deadlock in salary negotiations between mine management and the 291 Numsa members at the refinery. Adler said the mine offered an 8% increase but Numsa demanded 10% across the board.