Platinum strike talks deadlocked

[James]

Talks to end the three-month wage strike by Amcu in the platinum sector have deadlocked, the producers said on Thursday.

Anglo American Platinum Limited, Impala Platinum Holdings Limited and Lonmin advised that no resolution had been achieved, said Charmaine Russel, spokeswoman for the producers.

"The producers urged Amcu's leadership to consider the economic position of the industry and the companies, and the dire circumstances of employees, and to recommend the settlement...read more here: Platinum strike talks deadlocked

[AlienTaker]

I work in Rustenburg and i'm experiencing first hand what this crap is doing to this town 2 of my friends here have had to close down their businesses because of this and in the last 2 months over 300 cars have been repossessed because people can not pay for them because they are not getting paid.

Are these things so daft that they don't understand how this works, if you strike for more money then no money is coming in for you to get more money. Then with no money coming in and you striking longer because you can't get paid because there is no money you resort to violence. Then you get fired and the company gets closed and you get nothing for all the time you spent rioting and you still ask the question "why no raise or the demanded amount"

If you kept on working while negotiations went on this could have turned out so different, but guess some can't think that far