{"id":14287,"date":"2012-09-05T15:46:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-1-s-africas-implats-gets-new-wage-demand-from-amcu\/"},"modified":"2012-09-05T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:46:46","slug":"update-1-s-africas-implats-gets-new-wage-demand-from-amcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-s-africas-implats-gets-new-wage-demand-from-amcu\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-S.Africa’s Implats gets new wage demand from AMCU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 5<\/span> (Reuters) – South Africa’s Impala
\nPlatinum, the world’s second-largest platinum producer,
\nsaid on Wednesday it had received fresh wage demands from the
\nmilitant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union
\n(AMCU).<\/p>\n

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Implats spokeswoman Alice Lourens confirmed the demand but
\ncould not disclose details.<\/p>\n

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A senior AMCU official said the demand, if true, was coming
\nfrom the rank and file and not from the national office.<\/p>\n

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“Implats does not recognize us. If workers are doing that,
\nthey are doing that on their own,” General Secretary Jeff
\nMphahlehle told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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A turf war between AMCU and the National Union of
\nMineworkers (NUM) closed the world’s largest platinum mine, run
\nby Implats, for 6 weeks earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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The rivalry is also behind a wave of violence that killed 44
\npeople last month near Lonmin’s Marikana mine. Lonmin
\noperations have been shut for almost a month and talks forged
\nahead on Wednesday to end the impasse.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s mining industry is being sucked into a
\nvicious circle as labour unrest spreads from platinum to gold
\nwith steep wage demands neither sector can afford.
\n <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Editing by David Dolan)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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