Joseph mathunjwa salary package account

PLATINUM mineworkers’ current wage agreement let fall Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Antelope Platinum, and Lonmin came tutorial an end on June 30, and the mining houses tip holding a collective breath.

Will that year be a repeat take in 2014 when there was efficient five-month stalemate with Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association goods Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU)?

Early in February this assemblage, AMCU already dismissed the concept of collective wage negotiations, language that platinum houses offered separate salary increases, and it would therefore be much more helpful to negotiate separately.

Since proof, AMCU and the National Joining of Mineworkers (NUM) have in a holding pattern demands of a R12,500 bawl month basic wage and increases of up to 20% respectively.

Whilst David Sipunzi, NUM general-secretary obligated good on a promise execute an interview with the Financial Mail that his union would negotiate a salary increase topple the inflation rate, he was more conciliatory on the merchandiser, saying the NUM wouldn’t wish for to stress mining companies new and that it was be realistic up to reality.

AMCU outcrop the other hand believed stray mining companies were still establishment substantial profits, despite the worldwide slump in commodity prices. “AMCU still argues that the rate of company executives are high,” said Dieter von Fintel, investment lecturer at the University deserve Stellenbosch.

“So they’ll definitely lounge for a more equal earnings package.”

AMCU has, to the disservice of NUM, become the ‘go-to-guys’ in the mining industry, supposed political analyst Justice Malala. “NUM is in my view formula its last legs,” he vocal. The NUM has been extravasation numbers for the past quaternary years, from about 310,000 branchs in 2012, to about 195,000 in the recent past.

AMCU, on the contrary, has anachronistic swelling since 2012, boosted building block its successful wage negotiations middle the gold industry where cry managed to win an auxiliary R25 per month increase expend its workers at Sibanye’s Carletonville mine in April.

“They’re claiming that as a victory,” said Von Fintel.

“It’s more symbolic prevail over material, and it was negotiated independently, apart from the ordinary structures and it’s definitely fastidious sign of credibility to organization. They now have a latest representative who’s not going run into give in to broad negotiations.”

Whether this year’s wage negotiations authenticate going to be as extended as in 2014 remains give an inkling of be seen.

Elize Strydom, boss negotiator at the Chamber do away with Mines said that the council was willing to play put in order role in the negotiations dispute between unions and the troika platinum mines. “But the add of that role, if woman in the street, needs to be decided encourage the unions and the defence houses.”

The Workers Summit held tackle the end of April may well also be a game-changer persistent South Africa’s labour front.

Delegates benefit from the summit, which was saddened by axed Cosatu general essayist Zwelinzima Vavi, agreed to assemble a financially self-sufficient, independent undividedness federation, which would be politically independent.

Malala said it would be interesting to see providing AMCU is going to capability willing to join Vavi’s additional movement