Evaluation of Labor Agency Strategy: The Case of a Strike at a South African Opencast Mine in 2012

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Labor Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.1177/0160449X19862611

John Mashayamombe

引用次数: 2

Abstract

The South African mining sector has experienced labor conflicts characterized by militancy and violence. Militancy and violence was evident along South Africa’s platinum belt between 2012 and 2014. In the case of Huntington mine, about three hundred workers managed to pull a spectacular strike action when they captured mine equipment and threatened to destroy it if their demands were not met. Drawing together concepts of space, power, and agency, it is argued that the wildcat strike was a failure because power resources were not consolidated and used effectively. As a result, their demands were not met, and they lost their jobs at Huntington mine.

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劳工机构战略评估：2012年南非露天矿罢工事件

南非采矿业经历了以好战和暴力为特征的劳资冲突。2012年至2014年间，在南非的白金地带，好战和暴力行为十分明显。在亨廷顿矿的案例中，大约300名工人成功地发起了一场引人注目的罢工行动，他们缴获了矿山设备，并威胁说，如果他们的要求得不到满足，他们将摧毁这些设备。综合空间、权力和机构的概念，有人认为，野猫式罢工是失败的，因为权力资源没有得到有效整合和利用。结果，他们的要求没有得到满足，他们失去了亨廷顿矿的工作。

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Labor Studies Journal Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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