[miningmx.com] – ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) has signed a recognition agreement with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said City Press citing the union’s president, Joseph Mathunjwa.
“We have full organisation rights and will now be able to implement formal structures and appoint shop stewards at Amplats,” Mathunjwa told the newspaper.
Amplats spokesperson Mpumi Sithole said Amcu now represented 40% of its workers, who number just under 60,000.
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka said he believed workers would eventually return to his once-majority union.
He claimed companies were siding with Amcu “to get back at the ANC”.
“Those employers should just pray that we don’t become the majority union, because we will make life very difficult for them.”
