The South Africa miners strike was a one-day strike by the National Union of MineworkersofSouth Africa over working conditions and safety in the country's mining industry. It was the first ever industry-wide miners' strike in South African history.
On 27 November 2007, the National Union of Mineworkers announced that South African mineworkers would go on strike to protest unsafe working conditions.[1]
On 4 December 2007, the strike affected over 240,000 workers in 60 of the nation's mines.[2] The strike was spurred on by a rise in worker fatalities from 2006 to 2007, despite a government plan in October to reduce fatalities. Between 5,000 and 30,000 people showed up to a rally in Johannesburg to protest the dangerous working conditions.[3]
Less than 5% of mineworkers came to work on that day.[4]
AngloPlat announced it had slashed yearly production goals by 9,000 ounces due to the strike.[5]
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