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NUM Serves Strike Notice on Gold Fields

Published Date: March 01, 2010
Source: prnewswire.com

Gold Fields Limited today announced that it has received a notice from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) informing the Company that the NUM intends to embark on strike action across all of Gold Fields' operations in South Africa from Sunday, 7 March 2010.

The NUM has indicated that the strike will proceed indefinitely unless Gold Fields abolishes the Functional Work Capacity Testing System (the System) on all of its South African mines. The Mine Health and Safety legislation in South Africa requires of an employer to implement a Functional Work Capacity Testing System together with an associated Code of Practice. The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that all individuals working on a mining operation meet the basic standards of fitness required to work safely in an underground situation...

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