A hard-won victory by platinum mining workers in South Africa for increased pay has set off strikes across the country's mining industry. Over 200,000 mine workers went on strike yesterday for higher wages, threatening to send South Africa into economic decline. The platinum workers' victory has spiked mining costs in an already flagging industry.
See "More South Africa Labor Disputes Erupt After Mining Gains", Andre Janse van Vuuren and Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg News, July 1, 2014