Biggest South African Gold Unions Say Wage Talks ‘Collapse’
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The two biggest unions at South African gold-mining companies said wage negotiations have broken down, bringing the industry closer to a strike.
“The talks have collapsed in the sense that the Chamber of Mines has gone back to the original offer,” David Sipunzi, secretary general of the National Union of Mineworkers, the largest labor group at gold mines, told reporters in Johannesburg on Thursday. “If the attitude remains the same, we cannot rule out a strike.”