Political Correspondent
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strike over recognition rights at Triple M Mining has ended and workers are expected to report for duty starting with the night shift on Wednesday.
This came after the union presented a proposed settlement agreement to its striking members on Tuesday, calling on contract mining services provider Triple M Mining to grant the Cosatu affiliate organisational rights in the workplace.
“The agreement has been signed, and workers will be going back to work, starting with the night shift tonight [Wednesday],” NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said.
“We can confirm … that the protected strike at Triple M has come to an end. The company has agreed to give us organisational rights, with offices…. The NUM members are very happy about this. The workers who were on strike have given us a mandate to sign … so the 20-day strike has come to an end.”
