Anglo American Platinum Corporation Limited - Pres
The Anglo Platinum Collective Bargaining Forum
Anglo American Platinum Corporation Limited
Registration No 1946/022452/06
JSE CODE : AMS
ISIN : ZAE000013181
PRESS STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES TO THE ANGLO PLATINUM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FORUM
After protracted negotiations the parties to the collective bargaining forum of
the Anglo Platinum Group have reached agreement on wages and substantive
conditions of employment for 35,000 employees for a two-year period ending June
30th 2004.
The parties have agreed to the following adjustments to conditions of
employment:
Wage Improvements:
Minimum wage of R2000pm from 1 July 2002 for all categories, and R2300 pm
for Underground from 1 July 2003
Across the Board salary increases of 9.8% for 2002/3 and 9.25% for 2003/4
Housing: Improvements in the Housing Rent and Bond Schemes
An increase in minimum leave for Surface employees to 28 calendar days per
annum, and minimum underground leave to 30 calendar days per annum
Harmonisation of a number of shift/standby allowances as well as overtime
rates, sick, accident and family responsibility leave.
Arrangements pertaining to the introduction of an agency shop.
Agreement regarding joint investigation into the issues of:
Subcontracting and outsourcing
Structuring of remuneration packages
Further harmonisation of conditions of service
Agreement to jointly develop a framework for dealing with HIV/Aids
The agreements reached between the parties represent a historic triumph for
collective bargaining in that:
This agreement is the first ever to be concluded in a central bargaining
process that involves all 8 union parties, representing the interests of
employees in all bargaining units across the Mines Division and Process
division, together with the Management of Anglo Platinum. This process is
in accordance with an Employee Relations Policy concluded jointly between
the parties earlier this year, in terms of which a fundamental
restructuring of relationships has occurred based on the principle of
partnership between Anglo Platinum and the employee representative bodies
The substantive changes to conditions of employment agree to represent an
important step in the process of harmonising conditions of employment
across all categories of workers in all bargaining units
The agreement lays the foundation for two years of industrial stability
whilst simultaneously tasking the parties with a range of further key
issues to be dealt with in preparation for future negotiations
Finally, despite the complexity of a negotiation process involving the
interests of eight union parties and the Anglo Platinum management team,
the representatives of all parties showed a depth of strategic maturity to
continuously search for the all-inclusive settlement which builds on the
best traditions of collective bargaining in South Africa.
Jointly issued by Anglo Platinum and the following Unions & Associations:
Building, Motor, Engineering Allied Workers Union (BMEAWU)
MWU (Solidarity)
Mouthpeace Workers Union (MPWU)
National Employees Trade Union (NETU)
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
The Steel Mining and Commercial Workers Union (STEMCWU)
The United Association of South Africa (UASA)
Johannesburg
27 August 2002
Date: 27/08/2002 04:30:18 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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