Tuesday, September 3, 2013

South Africa: Gold miners begin work stoppage over pay

Tens of thousands of gold miners in South Africa are set to industrial action Tuesday after wage talks broke down, threatening to cost millions of dollars in lost output in the troubled sector.

Powerful labor group the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represents the bulk of 120,000 workers affected, called for stoppages following its members' rejection of a 6.5 percent wage hike last week.

Union spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said early Tuesday that the strike would kick off on

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