The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) will seek a monthly basic wage of R17,000 for its members when platinum pay talks get underway this month, its president said Friday.
The world’s top platinum miners are bracing for a fresh round of negotiations with South African workers as rising profits are likely to provoke higher wage demands from labour unions.
AMCU, the majority union in the platinum sector, has since 2012 argued for a living wage of R12,500 for but now says that is not enough due to inflation.
“We believe that R17,000 is the minimum amount that a worker needs as
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