Friday, June 22, 2007

S.African union declares dispute against De Beers

(Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday it had declared a dispute against the local unit of the world's biggest diamond producer De Beers.

The NUM, South Africa's biggest mining union, declared the dispute, the first legal step towards a strike, after wage talks deadlocked on Thursday, spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said.


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