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General News of Monday, July 29, 2019
Source: AngloGold Ashanti
2019-07-29
The company claims to have paid all the dues due to the dismissed employees
AngloGold Ashanti Ghana notes with regret the protest actions organized in front of its office in Accra by a small group of former employees, alleging certain shortcomings in the dismissal plans paid to employees 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 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 head of 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 significant redevelopment work of the Obuasi mine to make it a modern, productive, sustainable and high-margin mining operation.
This effort not only creates jobs for the direct employees of the mine, but also creates jobs through contracting and contracting opportunities offered to various local businesses along the farm value chain. .
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