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Rossing uranium mine first hit by rains, now by union strike

Namibia mine union readies for strike at Rossing Reuters 21 Sept 11,  – Namibia’s Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) on Wednesday served Rio Tinto’s Rossing uranium mine with a strike notice after failing to reach a deal in talks over output incentives, with a stoppage expected to start on Friday.

MUN, which represents some 1,200 of Rossing’s 1,600 workers, has been protesting over differences in bonuses paid to workers and management in a dispute which already caused a three-day illegal strike in July.

“We have served the company with a notice to strike today (Wednesday),” MUN’s Rossing branch representative Ismael Kasuto told Reuters.

“The strike is set to commence on Friday at 08:00 (0600 GMT).”…..

Strike action would further hurt output at Rossing, whose production was hit by heavy rains earlier in the year……..

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/namibia-rossing-idUSL5E7KL0K920110921

September 22, 2011 - Posted by | employment, Namibia, Uranium

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