Labor Dispute Keeps 540 South African Miners Stuck Underground
- Workers held after shift at Gold One’s Modder East operations
- Issues have emerged over recognition of labor groups
Mine workers walk through a tunnel at a mine in Westonaria, South Africa.
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About 540 workers at Gold One International Ltd.’s Modder East mine have been prevented from returning to the surface by labor-union members after a dispute over recognition, according to a company spokesman.
Workers at the operation near Johannesburg were kept underground after the night shift ended by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, according to Jon Hericourt, a Gold One spokesman. “Last night we heard AMCU members prevented workers from coming back up,” he said.