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ANA reports that Village Main Reef has concluded a two-year wage agreement with the representatives of three unions at its gold mining operations, the Chamber of Mines announced on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
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Samwu leaders ‘torn’ as municipal members push for a wage strike
BDLive reports that, while members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) are pushing for a strike to force the SA Local Government Association (Salga) to yield to their wage demand, the union leadership is under pressure to sway workers to sign a deal. Source: Latest News
Apologies for break in news postings
Apologies for the break for some days in new news postings, which was due to unforeseen technical issues. Things should be back to normal from today. Editor: SA Labour News Source: Latest News
Mamelodi commuters satisfied with AutoPax buses
Pretoria News reports that Mamelodi commuters on Thursday expressed their satisfaction with the new AutoPax buses which began operating in the township earlier this month. Source: Latest News
Samwu requests extension to consider municipal wage proposal put forward by facilitator
BDLive reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said on Friday it had requested a two-week extension for considering a proposed wage settlement in 278 municipalities. Source: Latest News
‘Shocked’ NUM to challenge Lonmin job cuts
Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday it was “shocked” by platinum producer Lonmin’s plan to cut 6,000 jobs and would challenge the retrenchments. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 24 July 2015
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 22 July 2015. Source: Latest News
Anglo American to exit 15 assets, cutting 50,000 jobs in coming years
BDLive reports that Anglo American posted an interim loss of more than $3bn, with impairments of $3.5bn taken against a number of assets because of weak commodity prices, and it will cut more than 50,000 jobs in the coming years. Source: Latest News
Bloodshed could be seen if strike called at gold mines, says Andrew Levy
Bloomberg News reports that well-known labour relations consultant Andrew Levy says that a pay strike at gold mining companies could result in more violence at the mines. Source: Latest News
Faced with ‘survival time’, steel maker ArcelorMittal considers closing plant
BDLive reports that steel maker ArcelorMittal SA said on Thursday that it was putting its Vereeniging long steel works into “emergency care” until the end of next month, underlining the dire state of the industry. Source: Latest News