Amcu set to defy Motlanthe
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) looks set to ignore Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s efforts to bring stability to the mining sector by embarking on yet another wildcat strike, despite a meeting with him this week. This as North West police declared their readiness for the impending strike, which Lonmin says is illegal.
See http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/amcu-set-to-defy-motlanthe-1.1529563.
Lay preacher turned union boss wages SA class war
Addressing thousands of stick-wielding striking platinum miners last month, South Africa’s bold new union boss told them proudly that he and his comrades “did not sit in boardrooms.” But Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) which has turned South Africa’s labour relations on its head, now has the full attention of the directors who sit in them.
See http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/uk-safrica-mathunjwa-idUKBRE9590R020130610.