Friday, August 3, 2007

S.Africa artisans' union gets coal strike permission

(Reuters) - South African union Solidarity has received a certificate that allows it to launch a strike in the coal mining industry, the union said on Friday.

South African coal industry sources said that because Solidarity represents artisans or skilled workers, a strike by Solidarity would be likely to have more impact on coal production than that by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) which represents mostly unskilled workers.


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