Strike Risk Rises as Union Snubs South Africa Gold Pay Deal
- AMCU calls offer by producers including AngloGold `pathetic'
- Largest union NUM, two others have accepted pay proposals
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The risk of a strike by workers at South African gold mines increased after the second-biggest union in the industry rejected a pay offer even as the largest accepted it.
The wage proposals by producers including AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., the world’s third-biggest miner of the metal, are “pathetic,” Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union Treasurer Jimmy Gama said. The union, which speaks for 31 percent of gold employees, has a certificate of non-resolution from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and members will decide whether to go on strike, he said. The National Union of Mineworkers, which represents 52 percent of miners, earlier accepted the offer.