Strike at Shanduka coal mines
- Publishing Date
- 06 Jul 2010 2:08pm GMT
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- Mining Journal
Strike action continues at four Shanduka Resources Ltd coal mines in South Africa where hundreds of members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have downed tools over centralised bargaining.
The affected operations owned by the company are Springlake, Leeufontein, Graspan Colliery and Townlands.
Workers are demanding that Shanduka should centralise its bargaining so that conditions of service get harmonised, according to the NUM.
Paris Mashego, NUM regional secretary for the Highveld region, said: “We demand that Shanduka should allow its workforce to have similar pay and similar conditions of service since all operations fall within one group.”
He added: “Our workers have decided to go on an indefinite strike action after mediation by the Commission for Concilation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) failed to resolve the dispute”.
NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said there is “significant” disparity in wages and conditions between sites, with workers in Kwa-Zulu Natal receiving a “living out” allowance that those in Mpumalanga miss out on.
The affected operations owned by the company are Springlake, Leeufontein, Graspan Colliery and Townlands.
Workers are demanding that Shanduka should centralise its bargaining so that conditions of service get harmonised, according to the NUM.
Paris Mashego, NUM regional secretary for the Highveld region, said: “We demand that Shanduka should allow its workforce to have similar pay and similar conditions of service since all operations fall within one group.”
He added: “Our workers have decided to go on an indefinite strike action after mediation by the Commission for Concilation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) failed to resolve the dispute”.
NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said there is “significant” disparity in wages and conditions between sites, with workers in Kwa-Zulu Natal receiving a “living out” allowance that those in Mpumalanga miss out on.
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