South Africa Coal Wage Strike Starts With No Dialog Planned
- No meetings scheduled with producers Anglo, Glencore, Exxaro
- Biggest labor union rejected offer from companies last week
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The largest labor union at South Africa’s biggest coal producers said no meetings are planned with the companies after a wage strike started on Sunday night.
“Our members have downed tools and supported our call for a strike,” Livhuwani Mammburu, a spokesman for the National Union of Mineworkers, which represents about 30,000 staff in the sector, said by phone on Monday. No meetings are scheduled with producers, including Anglo American Plc, Glencore Plc and Exxaro Resources Ltd., he said.