Coal companies on Friday aligned their revenue accommodate workforce, which the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will nearly certainly now take to its attorneys, the Chamber of Mines said on Friday.
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Following two days of talks the Chamber of Mines, which represents six coal companies, presented an improved offer which it said was well received by the unions.
In terms of the revised offer, most category 4-8 employees would receive increases, staggered over a period of time, of between R750 and R1000 per month in year one and guaranteed increases of 7.5 percent in year two.
“The demand that’s on the table can’t be met”, Charmane Russell, a spokeswoman for the producers, said in a phone interview.
The meeting will convene on Monday after the union presented the offer to its members. The union wants increases of 12 percent to 13 percent.
If accepted, it could bring an end to a strike action in the sector after less than a week.
The industry directly employs nearly 90,000 people and paid about 19 billion rand in wages in 2014, according to the Chamber of Mines. All employees have been offered higher allowances for living-out and housing.
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On Friday power supplier Eskom – which provides 95 percent of the South Africa’s electricity – warned that it could cut power supply in Johannesburg, the country’s economic hub, due to constraints on its generators.
