PressTV.ir - 8/26/13
Striking mineworkers gather outside the Anglo-American Platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa. (file photo)
On Monday, some 90,000 construction workers in the mining industry stopped work to demand a 13 percent pay increase.
On the same day, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) issued a statement saying, “They cannot ... plead poverty, and must share their super-profits with workers who risk life and limb every day in one of the most dangerous working environments.”
Also, on Monday, South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union spokesman Vincent Masoga issued a statement saying 1,300 aircraft maintenance technicians went on strike to demand a 12 percent wage increase.
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