{"id":14679,"date":"2012-09-16T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/lonmin-refuses-higher-pay-demand-vows-new-approach-in-talks\/"},"modified":"2012-09-16T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T14:31:06","slug":"lonmin-refuses-higher-pay-demand-vows-new-approach-in-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/lonmin-refuses-higher-pay-demand-vows-new-approach-in-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonmin refuses higher pay demand, vows new approach in talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Lonmin says offers 9-21 pct raises in pay<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Company says committed to end labour unrest<\/p>\n

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* Lonmin says 12,500 rand demand unaffordable<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Lonmin, due to
\nresume talks on Monday with strikers at its Marikana platinum
\nmine in South Africa who rejected a pay rise offer last week,
\ninsisted it could not meet the workers’ demands but promised a
\nnew approach in labour relations.<\/p>\n

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Acting Chief Executive Simon Scott said the deaths at the
\nmine of protesters, 34 of whom had were shot dead by police on
\nAug. 16, had been a ‘wake-up call’ for the company and it was
\ncommitted to ending the five-week labour unrest in which a total
\nof 45 people had been killed.<\/p>\n

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In an opinion piece published in the Sunday Times newspaper,
\nScott said Lonmin would improve discussions with strikers
\nalthough it could not afford to meet their higher wage demands.<\/p>\n

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“For Lonmin, the starting point is to acknowledge that our
\ncompany must go through a process of self-reflection,” Scott
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

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“What I can promise is that we are committed to playing our
\npart. We have had our wake-up call, as has the rest of South
\nAfrica.”<\/p>\n

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“Clearly, one of the issues we need to reflect on is how we
\nfind balance between protecting the business, and the jobs
\ndependent upon it, on the one hand and how we respond with
\nsensitivity to the complex situations that Lonmin is at the
\ncentre of,” Scott said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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