NUM signed a 3-year wage agreement with Nkomati Nickel Mine
NUM Press Statement, 20 August 2015
NUM signed a 3-year wage agreement with Nkomati Nickel Mine
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
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