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The Labour Court in Johannesburg on Thursday ruled it was illegal for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Unions (AMCU) to embark on strikes in the gold sector.
Judge Edwin Molahlehi said in his interim ruling that the AMCU leaders would shoulder the responsibility to refrain workers from embarking on strikes as the industrial action would be declared unprotected.
The ruling was an interim order, and AMCU lawyers were been given until March 14 to explain to the court why the order should not be made final.
The Chamber of Mines approached the court seeking an order to interdict AMCU members from embarking on the strike after they issued employers with strike notices last week.
It said that several gold companies, including Sibanye Gold's Driefontein mine, Harmony Gold's Kusaselethu and Masimong mines, and AngloGold Ashanti's South African operations had received the strike notices.
AMCU was waging strikes in the platinum sector demanding 1.100 dollars monthly salary, which the companies said was unaffordable and unrealistic.
Judge Edwin Molahlehi said in his interim ruling that the AMCU leaders would shoulder the responsibility to refrain workers from embarking on strikes as the industrial action would be declared unprotected.
The ruling was an interim order, and AMCU lawyers were been given until March 14 to explain to the court why the order should not be made final.
The Chamber of Mines approached the court seeking an order to interdict AMCU members from embarking on the strike after they issued employers with strike notices last week.
It said that several gold companies, including Sibanye Gold's Driefontein mine, Harmony Gold's Kusaselethu and Masimong mines, and AngloGold Ashanti's South African operations had received the strike notices.
AMCU was waging strikes in the platinum sector demanding 1.100 dollars monthly salary, which the companies said was unaffordable and unrealistic.
