Amcu gets court backing for Covid rules on miners and government
03 May 2020 - 20:16
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) scored a court victory to force the regulator and industry to tighten measures around the safety of staff returning to work from lockdown.
Amcu, which represents 100,000 out of 450,000 people employed on SA’s mines, took the department of mineral resources & energy and the chief inspector of mining to the labour court in Johannesburg to force tighter regulations governing health and safety for returning workers...
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