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Johannesburg - A wildcat strike will continue at Northam Platinum after workers decided at a mass meeting to stay away, a spokesperson for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday.
NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu told Reuters that the strikers, who want the chief executive removed over what they say are unfair hiring and firing practices, had indicated they would "fight to the bitter end".
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The company earlier warned that striking workers have a day to return to work. According to spokesperson Memory Johnstone 40% of the 4 600 employees reported for morning shift on Thursday.
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An earlier Sapa report quoted Johnstone as saying: "Management has provided those remaining striking employees with a final opportunity to return to work by January 16 [Friday], failing which disciplinary measures will be instituted as provided for in the Labour Court’s interdict declaring the strike to be unprotected".
The Labour Court granted an interim interdict to end the unprotected strike on Wednesday.
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