Union suffers setback as Sibanye-Stillwater is given the legal go-ahead to retrench staff at gold mines
On the streets: Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union chant slogans during a march to the Minerals Council of SA in Johannesburg on January 22 2019. Picture: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKOIn the ongoing war with Sibanye-Stillwater, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has lost another legal battle, this time an attempt to stop retrenchments at the gold mines where it has called on its members to go on a protracted strike.
Amcu said it would appeal against the judgment which in its view violated its constitutional rights. It said it would also write a letter of complaint to the labour court’s judge president about Prinsloo’s “conduct” without being specific about what exactly it was she had done. Amcu approached the labour court to halt the retrenchment process and the 60-day consultation process envisaged in Section 189, raising a number of arguments about why it thought the retrenchments had to be stopped.
The early stages of the consultation process were high-level, macro-economic discussions that Amcu’s leadership was capable of conducting without referral to its membership.
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