Sibanye faces strike threat over union wage demand
JOHANNESBURG – Sibanye Gold faces the prospect of a strike in South Africa after the country’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) demanded a better wage offer for its members.
“AMCU has decided to go on strike,” the union said on its unverified Twitter feed. Sibanye will be given 48 hours to come back with a better offer, it said.
AMCU received permission to strike at Sibanye in September after talks deadlocked. On November 14, the gold mining company signed three-year wage agreements with a trio of other South African unions, ending months of negotiations that started in July.
It raised the basic wage for most categories of surface and underground employees by R700 a month in each of the first two years and by R825 in the third, while the housing allowance and medical benefits were also increased.
Sibanye shares have slumped 39% this year, compared with a 14% decline on the FTSE/JSE Africa Gold Mining Index.
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