Central SA
Underground sit-in strike at Lanxess Mine ends─── 05:51 Fri, 28 Jun 2019
Jubilant mineworkers sang and raised their fists as they emerged from underground, ending an eight-day strike at Lanxess mine outside Rustenburg Thursday afternoon.
This comes after the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) reported back to them the outcomes of a meeting with mine management.
The mineworkers were addressed by Numsa secretary general Irvin Jim, who was accompanied by SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi.
In terms of the agreement, workers who had been on an underground strike would not be charged but would be issued with a warning valid for six months, the case of the 56 dismissed workers would be referred to external pre-dismissal arbitration for review and Numsa was granted recognition in the mines.
Lanxess said it welcomed the agreement and was relieved that the conflict could be resolved successfully.
African News Agency
