10 December, 2020The IndustriALL Global Union Anglo American global network agreed to continue engaging with the multinational mining company on a framework for global dialogue to deal with critical issues and challenges affecting mineworkers at its global operations.
The meeting on 3-4 December was a follow up on progress made so far towards the proposed dialogue between Anglo American and IndustriALL, as discussed at the last network meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2019. The meeting discussed sustainable mining and acknowledged the global network’s potential to build union power in the mining sector.
The IndustriALL mining and DGOJP sector co-chairperson, Lucineide Varjao Soares, said that in some instances mining companies were unwilling to negotiate and resolve workers grievances. She cited the strike at Cerrejon mine in Colombia, owned by Anglo American, BHP and Glencore as an example of the refusal to negotiate with unions.