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South African Miners March
The Morning Star, London, 7 September 2015
South African miners marched to the Chamber of Mines at the weekend in
protest at underhand tactics and employers' neglect of workers.
Thousands of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members marched through
Johannesburg to deliver a list of demands to the goldmine owners'
federation.
The union is angry at bosses reneging on agreements, allowing attacks on its
branch officials by its split the Association of Mineworkers and
Construction Union (AMCU) and fiddling union membership figures to
disadvantage the NUM.
"It is intolerable that after 21 years of democracy mineworkers are still
trapped in conditions of abject poverty together with their families," said
NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu.
"The workers continue to take risks, facing death and injury at the
workplace, while bosses rake in millions without any threat to their lives."
The NUM reasserted its wage demands for the gold sector, including a 15 per
cent pay rise and better housing conditions.
From:
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-730e-South-African-miners-march-against
-bosses-neglect-of-workers-safety#.Ve0h_xGqqko
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