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BDLive reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Monday it was aware of a “concerted effort” to rein it in ahead of pending negotiations in the gold sector. Source: Latest News
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Amcu membership figures could tilt power among unions in mining wage talks
BDLive reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) is awaiting a response from the Chamber of Mines (CoM) on what it says is a flawed representation of membership data ahead of wage negotiations in the gold and coal sectors. Source: Latest News
Business can’t operate ‘in environment of violence’, says Chamber of Mines
BDLive reports that Chamber of Mines of SA (CoM) CE Bheki Sibiya said on Monday that organised business cannot operate in an environment of violence and xenophobia. Source: Latest News
ConCourt rules City Power must hire workers left in limbo after sub-contract cancellation
Mail & Guardian reports that the Constitutional Court has ruled that state organs, as employers, have to take over the employment contracts of workers if a contract or tender is cancelled and the work that was outsourced is transferred back to the state. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour articles posted on Monday, 20 April 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 20 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Workers at Eskom’s Medupi site interdicted to return to work
Moneyweb reports that some 21 contractors doing construction work at Eskom’s Medupi power station have obtained a court order for workers to return to work and refrain from violence. Source: Latest News
Kenmare sends South African workforce home from Mozambique
Mining Weekly Online reports that titanium minerals producer Kenmare Resources has temporarily repatriated the South African members of the workforce at its Moma mine, in Mozambique. Source: Latest News
Amcu official shot dead in Rustenburg on Sunday
News24 reports that an Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) regional official was gunned down at Luka village outside Rustenburg, the union said on Monday. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Monday, 20 April 2015
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 17 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Rebuilding Marikana: Lonmin CEO Ben Magara
Lonmin’s CEO, Ben Magara, details the steps taken to improve a deeply fraught relationship with his company’s workforce in the wake of the August 2012 Marikana tragedy. Source: Latest News