South Africa Union Starts Pay Strike at Northam Platinum
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A strike called by South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers at Northam Platinum Ltd. over wages continued into a second day as the company said it has proposed a meeting between the sides tomorrow.
“There has been no invitation from the company, but we’ll be ready to see them” for talks, Ecliff Tantsi, the union’s negotiator at Northam, said by phone today. The company’s management resolved, for safety purposes, not to allow production-related employees underground yesterday, Northam said in an e-mailed statement.