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The National Union of Mineworkers  (NUM)  signed a  3- year wage agreement today with Nkomati Nickel Mine.

This agreement is effective from the 1st of July 2015 to 30 June 2018

“The NUM wishes to express its sincere gratitude  to its members at Nkomati for the manner in which they behaved during the negotiation period until they gave us the mandate to sign this agreement. The wage agreement is a product of the mandate from our members and that is the way NUM operates. NUM is a democratic union. Our members are excited and they gave us the mandate to sign this agreement," said William Mabapa,  NUM Deputy General Secretary and the Chief Negotiator at Nkomati Mine.

The agreement is as follows:

SALARY INCREASES

Job Category	1 July 2015	1 July 2016	1 July 2017
A Band	8.5 %	9.0%	10.0%
B Band	8.5%	9.0%	10.0%
C Band	8.5%	8.5%	9.0%

 

HOUSING ALLOCATION

Current Housing Allocation	Year 1-2015/2016	Year 2-2016/2017	Year 3-2017/2018
R2 700	R2 930	R3 193	R3 512

 

MEDICAL AWARD

Current Medical Aid Allocation	Year 1-2015/2016	Year 2-2016/2017	Year 3-2017/2018
R1 800	R1 953	R2 129	2 342

 

LONG SERVICE AWARD

 

Years service	10 years	15 years	20 years	25 years
Award	R4 000	R 7 000	R10 000	R12 000

 

 NUM members at Nkomati Nickel Mine are quite pleased and excited that the wage agreement was concluded without any strike, violence, intimidation and loss of life.

For more information, please contact: 

William Mabapa: NUM Deputy General Secretary: 082 880 4439
Livhuwani Mammburu: Acting NUM National Spokesperson: 083 809 3257 

The National Union of Mineworkers
7 Rissik Street.
Cnr Frederick
Johannesburg 

Tel: 011 377 2111
Cell: 083 809 3257 

Web: www.num.org.za<http://www.num.org.za>
Twitter: @Num_Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NUM/100860023402167