Evaluation of labor agency strategy : the case of a strike at a South African open cast mine in 2012
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Mashayamombe, John
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Sage
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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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Mining, Labor agency, Wildcat strikes, Space, Power
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Mashayamombe J. Evaluation of Labor Agency Strategy: The Case of a Strike at a South African Opencast Mine in 2012. Labor Studies Journal. 2020;45(4):351-369. doi:10.1177/0160449X19862611.