NUM, AMCU sign a three-year wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater in the gold sector

STAFF REPORTER|

THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) signed a 3-year wage agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater on Saturday.

The wage agreement, signed late early hours of Saturday, ends a three month strike first called by the two unions on March 8.

The agreement had been preceded by around eight months of negotiations that started in June 2021.

Sibanye, which also mines platinum group metals in South Africa and the United States, had said on Friday that certain terms in the draft agreement had not been agreed by the parties and as a result they were not allowed to return to work.

Sibanye had locked out its employees from its gold operations since the time the strike began in early March.

“The wage agreement, signed late early hours of Saturday morning, ends a three month strike first called by the NUM and AMCU on