Amcu limps out of Sibanye strike far weaker
After five months and nine deaths, the union is exposed going into platinum wage talks
The five-month strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines, in which nine people were killed, ended with very little to show for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), leaving it in a weakened position going into platinum wage talks. Amcu called 14,000 of its members, representing about half of Sibanye’s gold workforce, out on a wage strike on November 21, despite three other unions signing a pay deal just days earlier. If you are already a subscriber, please click on the following link to go to the full article: Amcu has little to show as Sibanye strike ends If you would like to subscribe to BusinessLIVE to read the full story, please click here.
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