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Majority of Blyvoor gold miners back at work amid labour dispute
Some disgruntled workers at the Blyvoor Gold mine are back at work after a five-day hiatus following a labour dispute. The mining company clashed with workers last week after announcing it couldn’t pay Christmas bonuses and profit shares. An estimate of about 800 workers downed tools in a bid to strong-arm mine management to concede to its demand. Workers also want the mine to terminate the existing closed-shop agreement which gives the in-house Blyvoor Workers Union exclusive bargaining rights. More than 240 jobs are said to be on the line after miners staged a 36-hour sit-in at the Peter Skeat shaft last week. ... (full story)