NUM threatens strike action
- Published on 22 Aug 2013
- HR Pulse News Desk
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has threatened mass strike action in response to Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) announcement that the company would cut 7 000 jobs instead of the initial 6 000 it had agreed to.
The NUM’s Lesiba Seshoka said if an agreement is not reached, workers will start a strike, reports Eye Witness News.
“The national office bearers of the union will look into this and we will announce the way forward. Clearly, we will have to take this matter to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), to court and then go on strike if need be.”
Amplats said the total number of retrenchments would depend on the number of people who took voluntary severance packages and redeployments.
However, according to Eye Witness News, NUM said they had agreed that only 3000 jobs would be affected through the voluntary severance packages.
“We’ll look into the issue because they didn’t raise it with us that 7 000 jobs will be cut. We’ll also look at the statements being issued about workers being forced out because the agreement doesn’t have that option.”
