(LUSAKATIMES, REUTERS) Kansanshi mine strike is illegal says FQM
Kansanshi mine strike is illegal says FQMTIME PUBLISHED - Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 2:32 pm
First Quantum Minerals says the strike action by miners at its Kansanshi mine in Solwezi is illegal.
Workers at the Kansanshi mine, Zambia’s largest copper mine which produced 231,000 tonnes of the red metal in 2010, downed tools on Tuesday demanding 100 percent pay rises and bringing production to a halt.
Company spokesperson Godfrey Msiska says there was no deadlock reached and as far as the management is concerned the strike is illegal.
He confirmed that the strike action by the workers has entered the second day today, with workers blocking the gate to the mine plant.
Mr Msiska has appealed to union officials to convince the workers to go back to work so that negotiations, which had been suspended because of the strike, could resume.
[Reuters]
Labels: FIRST QUANTUM MINING, GODFREY MSISKA, KANSANSHI MINING PLC, MINING, STRIKE
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