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NUM Press Alert, 10 November 2016
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) , Ceppwawu, Sacwu and Solidarity have concluded a 3-year minimum wage agreement with Sasol Mining. Unfortunately, AMCU did not sign the wage agreement and they went on strike.
Clause 2.8 of the wage agreement said that a Joint Working Committee (JWC) will be formed and to deal with Minimum wage and AMCU was not part of the JWC . The Joint Working Committee has made recommendation, and all parties except AMCU, agreed as follows regarding minimum wage;
· A minimum salary will be increased from R7 300 per month to R8 300, effective 1st of December 2016.
· A minimum salary increase from R8 300 to R8 800 per month effective 1st July 2017
· A minimum salary increase from R8 800 to R9 300 per month, effective 1st July 2018
Employees who are earning between R8 300 and R10 723 per month will receive 7% or R700 increase, whichever is greater effective from the 1st of December 2016.
Employees who will benefit from the above-mentioned increase also benefited from increases agreed to in the wage agreement.
For more information, please contact:
Bongani Tshabalala: NUM Highveld Regional Organiser: 079 518 4774
Livhuwani Mammburu: NUM National Spokesperson, 083 809 3257
Address:
7 Rissik Street.
Cnr Frederick,
Johannesburg 2001
Tel: 011 377 2111
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Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of Cosatu in 1985 when the federation was formed. porn