AMCU members will work over a decade to recoup their sacrificed pay

  By Alec Hogg  A quarter million metal sector workers are determined to evoke the same kind of punishment on employers as followers of charismatic  Joseph Mathunjwa did to the platinum companies. Before the NUMSA members kick back next Tuesday, one hopes someone will help them to look past the rhetoric. Lengthy strikes rarely benefit … Read more

How Platinum strikers have managed to keep going – Daily Newsletter

Hi there, The five month platinum strike has confounded the pundits. The old book of rules is being ripped to shreds. A new normal beckons. By now, cash-strapped workers should have long capitulated. Yet the strike continues. How? Two things make it possible. Around 20% of the strikers have resigned, triggering the cashing in of … Read more