The five-week wildcat strike at South Africa’s Marikana mine, owned by London-registered corporation Lonmin, ended with an important victory for the miners, which increased wages by between 11 and 22 percent. However, the way that the dispute has stoked the fires of South Africa’s miners and brought attention to the shocking living and working conditions which they endure means that the trouble may only just be beginning for the giant mining corporations.
See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-kane/south-africa-mine_b_1967275.html.