SA’s biggest union said a strike at Impala Platinum’s biggest mine may spread to the entire company after wage talks broke down on Wednesday.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday its members had rejected the latest wage offer from Impala Platinum.
The NUM said it will meet mining company Impala Platinum on Wednesday afternoon after workers in Rustenburg downed tools and embarked on a strike.
The union said on Tuesday that first results of a ballot of workers at Impala Platinum showed a split over whether to accept an improved wage offer.
Impala Platinum said on Monday its operations were running normally a day after the National Union of Mineworkers said it had suspended a strike.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it had suspended an indefinite strike set to start on Monday at Impala Platinum.
President Jacob Zuma took a tough line on unions on Tuesday, saying there was no ”pandering” to labour after the threat of a strike appeared to fade.
The chief negotiator from the National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday he did not see an imminent strike at Eskom.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Saturday it was considering a wage offer from Eskom after marathon talks the previous day.
Eskom voiced hope ahead of talks on Friday of averting a strike that could paralyse Africa’s biggest economy.
As the Telkom workers’ strike action gains momentum, Eskom workers are vowing to plunge the country into darkness next week.
The NUM said its members planned to strike at Eskom next week after rejecting a wage offer, raising the threat of electricity disruptions.
Key sectors of the country’s economy, including mining, petroleum and chemicals, are bracing themselves for industrial action.
A wage agreement between employers and construction workers following a week-long strike at Soccer World Cup stadiums was better than expected.
Workers in South Africa’s gold sector rejected the latest offer for a pay raise of between 8% and 10% and vowed to soon escalate the dispute.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is ”optimistic” about Tuesday’s talks to end the strike in the construction sector.
Strikes at 2010 World Cup stadiums will continue countrywide on Thursday as opposing parties prepare for another round of wage talks.
More than 70 000 workers involved in construction on 2010 World Cup stadiums embarked on a strike on Wednesday to press for higher wages.
South African building workers began an indefinite strike on Wednesday that will halt work at stadiums for the 2010 World Cup.
About 70 000 construction workers are set to down tools at Soccer World Cup stadiums on Wednesday to demand higher wages.
Construction workers are expected to strike on Wednesday, halting work across the country, including at stadiums for the 2010 World Cup.
The SA Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors says it will apply for an interdict to stop workers at World Cup sites from going on strike.
NUM said on Tuesday that 50 000 construction workers would launch a strike over pay from next Wednesday, halting work across the economy.
Unions and gold producers met on Wednesday with a mediating authority in a bid to prevent a strike over union demands for a wage increase.
A strike is looming in the mining sector, the National Union of Mineworkers said after a deadlock in its negotiations with employers on Thursday.
Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan’s comments on the sale of under-performing public enterprises were condemned by the NUM on Thursday.
Construction workers at 2010 soccer stadiums have declared a wage dispute with their employers, the NUM said on Monday.
Solidarity and the National Union of Mineworkers in the gold mining sector have rejected a 6% pay increase in ongoing wage talks.
The National Union of Mineworkers has called on government to urgently implement occupation specific pay rises for medical doctors.
President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday he plans to focus on enforcing safety measures to curb mining deaths which have hurt output.
South Africa’s gold producers made an opening offer on Thursday of a 5% wage increase, which was rejected by workers who threatened to strike.
The disadvantaged are unlikely to benefit from a high court ruling on mineral rights, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday.