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The Mining Unions

The major mining companies are responsible for employing the workers, generating profits and maintaining the mines. When the mines are operational, and in “working condition” or legally open for mining, the National Union of Mineworkers (also known as NUM) organizes all the legally hired mineworkers. NUM has been known to state that low level illegal miners are paying the price for the negative effects of illegal mining while the syndicates are making millions. (The kingpins are becoming richer at the expense of the individual, defenseless illegal miners, prompting parallels between this illegal activity and the economics of the illegal drug trade in the U.S.). In a rarely issued statement on the subject of illegal mining on February 21, 2014, NUM stated that “any business and government that is serious about its people must take urgent steps to tackle this (illegal mining).” The union urges all companies to put more effort and seriousness to close and tighten deserted mines. Illegal mining is not only a manifestation of negligence by mining companies, it is also a challenge to the security of the state and must be responded to accordingly. With the exception of this statement, the NUM has largely ignored the plight of the illegal mine workers. They are, after all, not dues-paying members of the union, and as a result, are not the union’s primary concern.

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National union of mine workers also known as NUM organises the hiring of mine workers when the mines are in working conditions and operational or legally open for mining . NUM states that illegal miners pay the price for the negative effects of illegal mining while the syndicates are making a big profit like in case of kingpins who become rich at expense of defenceless miners prompting that there should be a parallel cases between this illegal activity and the illegal drugs trade in US .In the same line on the subject of illegal mining on February 21 2014 NUM stated that the government who thinks for the people will take urgent steps to tackle as it is not only a negligence by mining companies it is also a challenge to the security of state but NUM and has largely ignored the plight of mining illegal mine workers as they don't bring any profit that's not a primary concern of union.