23 February, 2011Mexican Miners' Union achieves new two year collective agreement with Gammon Gold, ending a eight month long strike at the El Cubo mine.
MEXICO: The Mexican Miners' Union (SNTMMSRM) reached a new two year collective agreement with Gammon Gold, ending an eight month long strike at the company's mine in El Cubo, Guanajuato, Mexico, it was announced on February 23, 2011.
The agreement includes a provision to ensure that the workers will receive payment of wages for the duration of the strike.
In an earlier press statement from the Mexican Miners' Union, the union highlighted how this agreement is an example of the potential for positive relations between the union and companies, despite interference from government agencies in Mexico.
The union noted that the workers belonging to Section 142 of the Mexican Miners' Union in El Cubo stood firm in the face of difficult circumstances through out the strike and through their actions and international solidarity this agreement was reached.
In closing the union's statement added, "The commitment, now, is to resume work and to restore the productive capacity at the mine, such that legitimate gains go to the company and from this benefits are directed towards the workers, the community of El Cubo and national industry."