Mali gold mine: Barrick Mining reaches deal with unions
TORONTO: Canada’s Barrick Mining has signed a new collective bargaining agreement with unions representing workers at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in western Mali, a company spokesperson and a union official said on Sunday, easing the threat of a strike. “We confirm that we have signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the LG unions,” the spokesperson said. Bani Sacko, a union official…
Canada’s Barrick Mining has reached an agreement with unions representing workers at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in Mali, averting the threat of a strike, according to a spokesperson and a union official. The agreement was confirmed by the company spokesperson and Bani Sacko, a union official at Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto complex, who reported that strike action had been called off.
The Loulo-Gounkoto unions had initially submitted 15 demands, which were reportedly addressed in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Earlier reports had indicated that the strike threat had been resolved, with Abdoulaye Coulibaly of Mali’s National Union of Malian Workers affirming the agreement's resolution, covering workers at Food & Events Africa, Somilo SA, and Gounkoto SA.
Union representatives had threatened to begin strike action in late September if demands on overtime pay, mission expenses reimbursement, and labor agreement implementation were not met.
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