[miningmx.com] – THE Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) said it would seek a mandate this week for strike action in an effort to force through a doubling in wages at South Africa’s platinum mines.
Jimmy Gama, treasurer for the union, told Bloomberg News that AMCU would assess if its members wanted to change their demands.
The AMCU has called for entry-level pay to rise to R12,500 a month. “Those are the demands of the workers,’ Gama told the newswire. “It is up to our members whether they want to stay with that number.’
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