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The General Secretary of the Mines Workers Union, Prince William Ankrah says Newmont Ghana\u2019s planned lay-off of about 600 employees by the end of the second quarter has “no moral basis”.<\/p>\n

\u201c We find this lay out virtually distributing and indeed I don\u2019t see any moral basis \u2026. \u2026,\u201dMr. Ankrah stated.<\/p>\n

Newmont Ghana revealed its intentions of laying off \u00a0its workers by the end of the second quarter due to what it describes as \u201cplans to ensure the continuous operation of its concessions in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

A memo signed by the Regional Senior Vice President of Africa Region, Dave Schummer attributed the intended dismissal to the fact that the Ahafo concession was beginning to experience the challenges that typically face an aging mine.<\/p>\n

\u201cOre is deeper and of a lower grade.Hauling distances have increased, equipment in general has aged and requires larger sums of sustaining capital replacement. All these changes burden our cost position at Ahafo\u201d Mr. Schummer said.<\/p>\n

But speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, \u00a0Mr. \u00a0Ankrah charged Newmont to come clean on the issue since there was more to the problem than what was being circulated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that there is more to this issue\u2026\u2026 we think that that they ought to come clean so we can set the business on track.<\/p>\n

I think that Newmont needs to strip naked to look at the entire operations as to whether there is the need to cut workers,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

In 2013, 240 workers of Newmont Ghana were laid off due to low \u00a0price of gold on the world market and the escalating cost of doing business in the last five years.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile President John Mahama revealed in Davos that government had failed to implement its windfall tax because the mining companies had threatened to lay-off workers if it did.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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  The General Secretary of the Mines Workers Union, Prince William Ankrah says Newmont Ghana\u2019s planned lay-off of about 600 employees by the end of the second quarter has “no moral basis”. \u201c We find this lay out virtually distributing and indeed I don\u2019t see any moral basis \u2026. \u2026,\u201dMr. Ankrah stated. Newmont Ghana revealed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,4],"yoast_head":"\nNewmont's intended lay-off has no moral basis - Union - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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