1 JANUARY to 31 DECEMBER 2023
As we can see from the Pie Charts below, wages remains the major strike trigger in terms of working days lost but we have seen an increase in strikes over other issues i.e. Grievance, Dismissal, Retrenchment and Recognition. The final quarter of the year was dominated by a number of illegal sit-ins at various mines over the issue of organizational rights, notably involving AMCU & & NUM.
Looking at the top five strikes in 2023 in terms of working days lost in the table below, we can see that the Public Sector . . .