Two-thousand workers protest Anglo American Platinum job cuts

On Monday the world's largest platinum producer revealed that it would let go of 6,900 workers – 900 more workers than previously stated but nearly 7,000 less than initially believed. "The workers are not happy with the job losses," Joseph Mathunjwa, president the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) told the AP. "Job losses should come as a last resort."
Holding off a potential strike, AMCU will meet with Amplats management on Wednesday.

But Ampalts is no stranger to strikes. Just last month 6,000 workers at two of the company's mines stopped work in protest. Last year 21,000 did and it cost them their jobs.

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