Amplats offers to raise workers’ basic pay 7%, says Uasa union
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the top producer of the metal, has reportedly offered to raise workers’ basic pay by 7% in a deal yet to be ratified by unions. The offer is for 2016-18. The Uasa union said on Tuesday in a bulletin on talks that it had put the offer to its members. The agreement was for basic pay to rise 7%, or R1,000, a month, whichever is higher, said Uasa. Amcu, the biggest union at the platinum mines which began negotiations seeking pay rises of 47% for the lowest-paid workers, said last week it was close to finalising a new deal with the three largest producers. The labour group led a five-month strike in 2014, the longest in South African history, which resulted in a wage agreement that ended this June. Amcu spokesman Manzini Zungu did not answer a call seeking comment. Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said pay talks were still going on. Bloomberg
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