Wednesday, June 6, 2007

S.Africa miners, municipal workers may join strike

(Reuters) - South African miners and municipal workers on Tuesday threatened to join an escalating strike by civil servants that has disrupted services at hospitals and schools, state media reported.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it was consulting its 280,000 members on possible strike action, SABC radio said, a move that could hurt one of the biggest sectors of the economy.


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