March 19th, 2010
A strike by 200 miners at the Vergenoeg fluorspar mine entered its fourth day on Friday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says
A strike by 200 miners at the Vergenoeg fluorspar mine entered its fourth day on Friday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says
Workers at the mine owned by Spanish company Minerales y Productos Derivados SA, or Minersa, were demanding a living out allowance, a transport allowance and medical aid cover, the NUM said in a statement.
It had unsuccessfully taken the matter to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for resolution, it said.
"The CCMA awarded us a certificate to strike and we are exercising that right" said NUM Vergenoeg branch secretary Sally Mathlabegoane.
The NUM condemned the attitude of Vergenoeg mine in not acceding "to the reasonable demands of their workforce."
The Vergenoeg mine is situated in Limpopo, 65 kilometres north east of Pretoria.
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