https://www.engineeringnews.co.za

FROM NEGOTIATION TO 'NOGOTIATION'

14th March 2014

By: Darlene Creamer

  

Font size: - +

Negotiation has become a no-go zone in the latest stillborn round of platinum-industry wage talks, which have degenerated into the no-win nether regions of ‘nogotiation’, where the starting point of a union pay demand is also its finishing point, after more than 300 000 oz of precious platinum potential has been sent down the drain. The R12 500-a-month starting point of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) remained the union’s finishing point, six weeks later. This caused the statutory Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) mechanism to buckle under the strain and AMCU to take to the streets, marching to South Africa’s seat of government power to hand over a memorandum of protest to President Jacob Zuma himself. Ultra-care must now be taken to prevent this no-win madness from getting out of hand as it moves from the sophistication of the CCMA’s corridors of reconciliation to the rough-and-tumble of South Africa’s unpredictable streets.

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

Bell Equipment
Bell Equipment

As one of South Africa's leading manufacturers, Bell Equipment distributes and exports its wide range of heavy equipment globally to mining,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
SABAT
SABAT

From batteries for boats and jet skis, to batteries for cars and quad bikes, SABAT Batteries has positioned itself as the lifestyle battery of...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







301

sq:0.05 0.782s - 131pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now