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Johannesburg - Gold One International [JSE:GDO] announced on
Wednesday that it has obtained an interim interdict from the Labour Court
declaring industrial action that began at its Cooke 4 Shaft at Ezulwini near
Carletonville on October 1 to be unprotected and unlawful.
Employees have also been interdicted from participating in
the industrial action‚ which is in contravention of a two year wage agreement
signed in July 2012.
A policy of 'no work - no pay' has been enforced at the mine
and management has warned that employees who continue to ignore various
instructions and requests from the company to return to work will face
disciplinary action that may lead to their dismissal.
The company reported on 2 October 2012 that a large number
of Cooke 4 night shift employees failed to report for duty on 1 October 2012‚
and that both day and afternoon shift employees failed to report for work on 2
October 2012.
An ultimatum to return to work was presented to employees on both 1 and 2 October‚ and has been circulated within the operation’s hostels.
