And staff would be redeployed from elsewhere in the company to cover for any striking workers.
The Associated Press reported that South Africa's police ministry said more than 30 striking workers were killed.
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) - the world's biggest platinum producer - last week fired 12, 000 striking workers.
The striking workers union said the action would have a major impact on deliveries in the areas concerned.
The company had issued an ultimatum to the striking workers: Return to work by Friday or face dismissal.
Previously it had said that talks could only take place if the striking workers returned to their jobs.
On Monday, during a clash between police and striking workers, several firearms were stolen from officers, police said.
More than 40 people died in violent clashes between police and striking workers at a platinum mine in August.
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Secretary Gethin Lewis said the union has sympathy for the striking workers, but it is not part of the dispute.
Hongkong International Terminals has said the striking workers are hired by subcontractors and aren't directly employed by the port operator.
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His big break came in 1974 when his boss, chief executive Lucien Aubert, waffled over how to treat striking workers.
Just recently Impala Platinum came to terms with striking workers after several weeks of no output at its Rustenburg mine.
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Just before the shootings on Thursday, the company gave striking workers until Friday to return to work or face dismissal.
But striking workers at the Honda plant in southern Guangdong said they distrusted the official unions as pro-management, not pro-workers.
Mr Crow also alleged that striking workers faced intimidation as employers resorted to "gangster tactics" to get them back to work.
Kingfisher Airlines started to sink into a financial crisis early this year, aided by striking workers looking for salary payments in arrears.
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This week striking workers brought the port of Szczecin to a halt.
To say now that we will sack striking workers is not something which I want to consider if I can possibly help it.
This has raised fears that campaigning groups such as Greenpeace, GM crop protesters and striking workers could fall within the definition of terrorism.
The company, which produces a third of its gold in South Africa, said the striking workers had not yet presented any formal demands.
In particular, he cited reports of striking workers attacking non-striking workers.
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The Times's managers insist that they will now have to sack about 10% of its workforce, and only gradually bring other striking workers back on board.
But oil giant Shell, which accounts for about half of Nigerian oil production, said shipments were continuing "undisrupted", as senior managers took over posts from striking workers.
On Tuesday, police arrested 40 striking workers who had seized equipment worth millions of dollars at Anglo American's Kumba Iron Ore mine in the Northern Cape province.
For example, there must be a live dispute between the striking workers and their employer over an issue such as terms and conditions of employment or working arrangements.
The Soviet central authorities may believe that this additional firepower could come in handy in the event massive repression of separatist republics, striking workers and democratic forces is undertaken.
Police killed 34 striking workers at the Marikana platinum in South Africa's North West province in August, in the most deadly security force action since white rule ended in 1994.
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Platinum-producer Lonmin recently agreed to a new wage contract with striking workers at its Marikana mine, but friction between an upstart mining union and the established mining union has led to clashes at several platinum mines in South Africa.
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Ivan Wong, a 22-year-old social worker who lives in an area where Mr. Li's shops dominate, says that in order to avoid patronizing Mr. Li, he takes trips to another district to do his shopping and show support to the striking workers.
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Other transport workers had joined the striking metro workers in solidarity on Friday and a big rally was planned to protest against a public sector unified wage scheme that would see their salaries reduced by up to 25%.
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