NUM concludes a three-year wage agreement with Sibanye Gold
NUM Press Statement, 21 October 2015
NUM concludes a three-year wage agreement with Sibanye Gold
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a 3- year wage agreement today with Sibanye Gold under the auspices of the Chamber of Mines.
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 Sibanye Gold for the manner in which they behaved during the negotiation period until they gave us the mandate to sign this wage agreement. Our members are excited and they gave us the mandate to sign wage agreement,” said David Sipunzi, NUM General Secretary.
"The pressure that the NUM exerted to Sibanye Gold through the rolling mass actions to force the company and the Chamber of Mines to sign the wage agreement has yielded good results for our members," Sipunzi added.
The agreement is as follows:
|
Sibanye Gold |
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| Categories 4-8 surface and underground | R675 increase to standard rate of pay | R700 increase to standard rate of pay | R725 increase to standard rate of pay |
| Miners, artisans and officials | 6% increase on standard rate of pay | 6% or CPI increase, whichever is greater on standard rate of pay. | 6% or CPI increase, whichever is greater on standard rate of pay. |
| Officials B lower (B1-B3) | R625 increase to standard rate of pay | R700 increase to standard rate of pay | R725 increase to standard rate of pay |
NUM members at Sibanye Gold are excited that the wage agreement was concluded without any strike, violence, intimidation and loss of life. The 2015 wage negotiations were very tough as a result the negotiations took 5 months to be concluded. They were the longest wage negotiations in the history NUM and the Chamber of Mines.
For further information contact
David Sipunzi: NUM General Secretary: 082 883 7293
Livhuwani Mammburu: Acting NUM National Spokesperson: 083 809 3257
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