The Chamber of Mines has offered a 4% industry-wide increase despite demands for up to double pay for entry-level workers.
As the former majority union, the NUM now falls very short of representing enough works to allow it organisational rights at the platinum mine.
The National Union of Mineworkers has turned to the courts in a scramble to retain its status as the mine’s largest union.
Mining company Lonmin has filed court papers proposing that a secret ballot be held to establish the union membership of its workers.
Even if Amcu signs, it will not resolve turf wars or satisfy wage demands.
If the platinum miner disputes the action, the union may bring an urgent application before the labour court.
Lonmin has not been notified that Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union members intend going on strike, says a spokesperson.
Amcu has threatened to serve a 48-hour strike notice if they don’t get what they want by Wednesday, but Lonmin says an agreement can be reached.
Platinum producer Lonmin and Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union are in talks to avert a strike, says a union official.
Government is far too close to the National Union of Mineworkers for a peacekeeping intervention to be nonpartisan, say analysts.
The National Union of Mineworkers is up against the wall as it cries conspiracy since eight of its members have been suspended over fraud allegations.
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant’s heart is in the right place, but her attempts to engage with mines’ employees and unions could be misplaced.
South African gold-mining stocks surged to a four-year high as the nation’s currency plummeted and pushed the rand-price of gold higher.
The NUM winning membership at the expense of the government-aligned labour group Amcu will slow economic growth and lead to job losses, says the ANC.
Cosatu affiliate NUM is in the middle of tough wage negotiations, a conflict with a rival union and debates over the future of Cosatu.
Lonmin has back-pedalled on its agreement to give the NUM until July to vacate its Marikana offices, pushing the deadline up to May 31.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60% from the country’s gold and coal producers in wage talks.
Given what happened last year at Lonmin’s Marikana mine, it’s as well to approach the recent developments there carefully.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union is clearly the National Union of Mineworkers’s worst nightmare.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s battle to consolidate power over the NUM has taken on martial proportions.
Following the death of North West regional organiser Mawethu Joseph Steven, Amcu’s president Joseph Mathunjwa held a briefing about union safety.
The National Union of Mineworkers will oppose the retrenchment of 6 000 workers at Anglo American Platinum, the union has said.
There has been a mixed response locally to the news of the death of Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ and former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
The ANC’s secretary general says mines don’t want the NUM around because it is fighting exploitation, adding new unions have nothing to offer members.
President Jacob Zuma has launched a veiled attack on some Cosatu leaders, who continued to publicly criticise the National Development Plan.
Workers at Lonmin’s Saffy and Newman shafts in Marikana have stopped working in the largest single strike since the shooting at the mine last year.
Events at Marikana and the rise of Amcu have upset the cosy relationship enjoyed by the National Union of Mineworkers.
Mamphela Ramphele’s decision to resign as Gold Fields chairperson is long overdue, says the National Union of Mineworkers.
It has been an interesting week at the Farlam commission of inquiry as "underprepared" advocate Dali Mpofu faced NUM president Senzeni Zokwana.
The National Union of Mineworkers’ president Senzeni Zokwana says he did not think the people gathering at the koppie in Marikana were criminals.
NUM president Senzeni Zokwana has told the Marikana commission of inquiry that he is proud of the people who "defended the NUM offices" on August 11.
The case of the NUM marksmen that caused the injuries of two Lonmin protesters near their offices on August 11 "has been left to rot".