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The management of AngloGold Ashanti Ghana has described as unfortunate the protests that took place at its headquarters in Accra by a group of former injured workers who claim that the dismissal measures were inadequate.
According to the giants of the mining industry, the former employees concerned received all benefits by 2014, in accordance with a collective agreement.
Dozens of former Anglogold Ashanti workers, from the Obuasi mine, fired Monday in 2013 and 2014, began a protest outside the office of the Gold House Company in Accra, to support the Payment claims of what they consider as exceptional offsets.
Daily Graphic reports that protesters dressed in bright red demand an immediate meeting with company CEO Kelvin Dushnisky from July 29 to August 1 to be notified of the start of payments.
According to the former workers, they were ready to occupy the headquarters of the company headquarters as long as it would have been necessary to hear the managing director, accusing the general manager, Eric Aubonteng, and the head of legal and corporate affairs, Juliet Manteaw Kutin to frustrate the process to compensate them adequately.
Called themselves "Anglogold Ashanti Ghana Limited's 2013-2014 dislocated workers' group (Obuasi mine)," they said a long-standing agreement with the company had not been honored, as their contract had not been honored. not honored, imposing unbearable conditions on the workers concerned and their dependents.
However, according to a statement issued and jointly signed by Juliet Manteaw-Kutin, Head of Legal Affairs and Enterprise, and Edmund Oduro-Agyei, Head of the Sustainability Department, the statements of the former workers are "unfounded".
Read the full statement below:
AngloGold Ashanti Ghana sets record for withholding funds
AngloGold Ashanti Ghana ("the company") notes with regret the protest action held in front of its office in Accra by a small group of former employees, alleging certain shortcomings of the employee redundancy programs in 2014.
The Company is satisfied that all rights owed to the terminated employees have been fully paid in accordance with the collective agreement and all applicable laws.
The downsizing program, preceded by intensive dialogue with stakeholders, was supported and facilitated by various stakeholders, including the national authorities, the Ghana Miners' Union (GMWU) and the labor officer.
AngloGold Ashanti Ghana is disappointed to see that, despite several commitments with this aggrieved group to clarify the collective agreement and verify the calculations, these unsubstantiated claims persist, including a so-called unprecedented bargaining agreement signed in 2013 by the Company, the responsible for the work and the GMWU.
The company and the GMWU have made it clear to the leaders of this aggrieved group that this so-called unprecedented bargaining agreement is a forgery. This case has been reported to the Ghanaian police and an investigation is under way.
AngloGold Ashanti Ghana is currently grappling with the important work of redeveloping the Obuasi mine into a modern, productive, sustainable and high margin mining operation.
This effort not only creates jobs for the mine's direct employees, but also creates jobs through contracting and contracting opportunities offered to various local businesses along the value chain of the mine. exploitation.
ENDS
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