A company official says more than 100 miners have escaped from a gold mine in South Africa after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute.
Miners gather at the top of a goldmine shaft in Springs, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Police in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute. Around 450 workers remain in the mine, the official said, with an unknown number of them preventing the others from leaving as they demand formal recognition of their labor union.
On Wednesday, 109 miners forced their way out, said Ziyaad Hassam, the head of legal at Gold One International, the company that owns the mine. The AMCU union says it represents the majority of miners at Modder East and they want the union to be recognized. The mine currently has a closed-shop agreement for its at its miners to be represented by another union, the National Union of Mineworkers, or NUM.
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109 miners escape from gold mine in South Africa but others continue union standoff, official saysA company official says more than 100 miners have escaped from a gold mine in South Africa after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute.
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109 miners escape from gold mine in South Africa but others continue union standoff, official saysA company official says more than 100 miners have escaped from a gold mine in South Africa after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute.
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Police say miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground in South AfricaPolice in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute.
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Police say miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground in South AfricaPolice in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute.
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