Ten percent for Phikwe miners
Thursday, March 22, 2007
The agreement, which takes effect next month, is a considerable compromise on the 20 percent the union membership had initially petitioned for, instructing the branch committee not to accept any down-scaling below 15 percent in negotiations.
The union had 'gauged' their demands on the improved prices for copper/nickel on the world market.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...