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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a 3- year wage agreement today with Nkomati Nickel Mine.
This agreement is effective from the 1st of July 2015 to 30 June 2018
“The NUM wishes to express its sincere gratitude to its members at Nkomati for the manner in which they behaved during the negotiation period until they gave us the mandate to sign this agreement. The wage agreement is a product of the mandate from our members and that is the way NUM operates. NUM is a democratic union. Our members are excited and they gave us the mandate to sign this agreement," said William Mabapa, NUM Deputy General Secretary and the Chief Negotiator at Nkomati Mine.
The agreement is as follows:
SALARY INCREASES
Job Category
1 July 2015
1 July 2016
1 July 2017
A Band
8.5 %
9.0%
10.0%
B Band
8.5%
C Band
HOUSING ALLOCATION
Current Housing Allocation
Year 1-2015/2016
Year 2-2016/2017
Year 3-2017/2018
R2 700
R2 930
R3 193
R3 512
MEDICAL AWARD
Current Medical Aid Allocation
R1 800
R1 953
R2 129
2 342
LONG SERVICE AWARD
Years service
10 years
15 years
20 years
25 years
Award
R4 000
R 7 000
R10 000
R12 000
NUM members at Nkomati Nickel Mine are quite pleased and excited that the wage agreement was concluded without any strike, violence, intimidation and loss of life.
For more information, please contact:
William Mabapa: NUM Deputy General Secretary: 082 880 4439 Livhuwani Mammburu: Acting NUM National Spokesperson: 083 809 3257
The National Union of Mineworkers 7 Rissik Street. Cnr Frederick Johannesburg
Tel: 011 377 2111 Cell: 083 809 3257
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Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of Cosatu in 1985 when the federation was formed. porn