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Jeremy Corbyn issues pension promise to Notts WASPI women and mineworkers

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Jeremy Corbyn has made a promise to the WASPI women and former miners of #mansfield and Ashfield that a Labour government would repay their longstanding pension “debts”.

Visiting West Nottinghamshire College in Kirkby with Ashfield’s Labour candidate Natalie Fleet, Mr Corbyn pledged Labour’s full backing to both the WASPI cause and the Mineworkers’ Pension Campaign – two policies the…

Jeremy Corbyn issues WASPI women and mineworkers in Notts with pension promise

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Jeremy Corbyn has made a promise to the WASPI women and former miners of #mansfield and Ashfield that a Labour government would repay their longstanding pension “debts”.

Visiting West Nottinghamshire College in Kirkby with Ashfield’s Labour candidate Natalie Fleet, Mr Corbyn pledged Labour’s full backing to both the WASPI cause and the Mineworkers’ Pension Campaign – two policies the…

Labour manifesto pledges to shift Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme 90% in miners’ favour

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Miners in #mansfield and Ashfield who have signed up to the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme will see their returns weighted 90 per cent in their favour, under new Labour proposals.

The Labour Party revealed in its favour that it plans to ensure former mineworkers and their families receive the fund they are “owed” after years of government “interference” in the pension scheme.

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Parliament sends condolences to families of Sibanye mineworkers

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The portfolio committee on mineral resources has sent its condolences to families of the seven mine workers who died at the Sibanye-Stillwater in Driefontein. 

On Saturday, the death toll at the mine rose to seven following initial reports that four workers had died.

Six other employees, who had been successfully rescued, were admitted to hospital and were in a stable condition. 

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Death Toll At Sibanye-Stillwater’s Masakhane Mine Rises To 7

Additional body of mineworker has been discovered this morning making the death toll after a seismic event at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Masakhane mine in Driefontein near Carletonville to rise to seven.

Sibanye-Stillwater spokesperson James Wellsted said all 13 miners have now been accounted for, with six still being treated in hospital, EWN reported.

The man is understood to have succumbed to his injuries. He was among 13 mineworkers who were trapped on Thursday.

Rescue operations on Friday had to be temporarily halted at Masakhane mine after two seismic events.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe urged Sibanye-Stillwater to pay greater attention to the health and safety of mineworkers. The minister lamented that the gold sector had seen an increase in fatalities this year, with Sibanye-Stillwater as one of the main contributors.