The South African union, NUM, which represents Gold Fields Ltd.’s employees is now urging members to end a strike that began last month. Workers went on strike following the firm’s decision to lay-off 400 contractors and over 1,000 employees. The union recently stated that the strike is counterproductive- it “threatens” the mining jobs that remain. The South Deep mine has suffered from over a decade of “poor performance.” However, a spokesperson for Gold Fields has stated that the firm would be willing to offer workers a settlement offer if they agree to end the strike.
See "NUM Union Calls for Its Local Leaders to End Gold Fields Strike", Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg, December 3, 2018