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Platinum producers, AMCU agree to Labour Court mediation

20th May 2014

By: Leandi Kolver

Creamer Media Deputy Editor

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum producers Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) will on Wednesday start with a mediation process overseen by the Labour Court in an attempt to settle the wage dispute between the parties and end the strike on the platinum belt that is currently in its fourth month.

The platinum producers on Tuesday announced that the parties had agreed to this form of mediation to be facilitated by the Labour Court for a period of up to three days.

“Reaching an affordable and sustainable agreement with AMCU would be in all of our interests and that remains our preference. We remain committed to ongoing dialogue with AMCU and other stakeholders to find a way to end the strike. The companies welcome the intervention of the Labour Court,” the platinum producers said in a joint statement.

AMCU had started its strike for an entry-level basic wage of R12 500 over a four-year period on January 23, while the platinum producers’ latest offer would see workers earn a minimum cash remuneration – comprising basic wages and holiday, living-out and other allowances – of R12 500 a month by 2017.

Edited by Tracy Klückow
Creamer Media Contributing Editor

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