Biggest Union at Impala Threatens Strike If Job-Cut Talks Fail
- Company plans to trim workforce by 13,000 at Rustenburg mine
- South Africa’s AMCU union is biggest Impala labor organization
A mine worker uses a drill on the rock face at the Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.
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The biggest union at Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. has threatened that its members will strike if talks about saving 13,000 jobs at the world’s second-biggest producer of the metal fail.
Talks with the company over the planned job cuts have yet to start, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union President Joseph Mathunjwa told reporters in Johannesburg Tuesday.