Sunday, July 8, 2007

S.African metal, engineering sector set for strike

(Reuters) - About 260,000 South African workers in the metal and engineering sector are due to launch a strike on Monday over a wage dispute, unions said on Sunday.

The open-ended strike will affect more than 9,000 firms, including Bell Equipment and the Scaw Metals Group, owned by mining group Anglo American Plc, Solidarity union chief negotiator Johan Pieterse told Reuters.


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