AngloGold Ashanti's workers taking part in 'unprotected strike'
According to Fin24, world No. 3 gold producer AngloGold Ashanti said an illegal strike had spread through its South African operations and the majority of its 35 000 workers in the country were now on strike.
"Workers at AngloGold Ashanti's South African operations have embarked on an unprotected strike, preventing the commencement of the night shift on September 25," the company said in a statement.
AngloGold did not say what the current demands were. In the first half of 2012 South Africa accounted for about 32% of the group's global output of just over a million ounces of gold. AngloGold's Mponeng operation, the world's deepest mine that is extracting ore at a depth of 4kms, is among those affected by the latest illegal strike to hit South Africa's mining sector, most of AngloGold's 35 000 employees have now joined the wildcat action that began last week at the company's Kopanang mine, spokesperson Alan Fine said.
Earlier, Fin24 reported the United Association of South Africa said that trade unions organising at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) have not received striking workers' grievances. "Unions have not received grievances from workers. They refuse to use us," said Uasa operations manager Israel Sakala, adding that workers had instead elected a committee to represent them.
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