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Empresas y finanzas

South African union officials urge leader to sign deal to end platinum strike


    RUSTENBURG South Africa (Reuters) - Shop stewards from South Africa's AMCU mining union urged its leader Joseph Mathunjwa to sign a wage deal offered by the world's three top platinum producers to end a crippling five month strike.

    "This union has worked. We want this money. Sign Mathunjwa!" one steward said, drawing cheers from a crowd of thousands of striking mine workers.

    Shares at Lonmin were up almost 8 percent by 1315 BST. Impala Platinum climbed 1.5 percent, while Anglo American Platinum slipped around 1 percent.

    (Reporting by Zandi Shabalala; Writing by Joe Brock)