Climate of job losses and union’s financial position point to stark choices, central committee meeting told THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is looking to slash costs to fund an aggressive recruitment drive as it continues to lose membership and now risks a reduction in its institutional footprint in the contested mining sector.Despite the difficulty of recruiting as employers retrenched, research commissioned by the NUM and its own financial position pointed to stark choices, NUM general secretary David Sipunzi said.The union needed to fully implant its 2015 congress resolution to focus on servicing members while slashing costs."Given the financial situation, we need to look at ways to cut costs without impacting negatively on the organisation," said Sipunzi."Dinosaurs failed to acclimatise to changing conditions — where are they now?"About 700 NUM delegates are attending the union’s two-day annual central committee meeting in Pretoria.The union is under pressure because of ...
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