Biggest S. Africa Platinum Union Refuses to Sign Mines Pact
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The biggest union at the world’s three largest platinum mines refused to sign an agreement that seeks to bring stability to the mining industry in South Africa, which has been plagued by strikes and violence.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s leaders left the meeting about the accord in Pretoria, the capital, without signing. Other labor organizations, mining companies, and government departments signed the pact.