Tuesday, June 5, 2007

South Africa's Main Union May Strike, Closing Platinum, Gold, Coal Mines

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa's biggest labor union,
the National Union of Mineworkers, said it plans to join a strike
by state employees in an action that may close the world's
biggest platinum and chrome mines.

The NUM, based in Johannesburg, has 280,000 members who also
work at some of the world's largest gold and coal operations as
well as in construction.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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