S.African power utility agrees pay deal with union

(Reuters) - South Africa's state electricity utility Eskom has struck an 8 percent wage deal with Solidarity trade union, the union said on Tuesday.

Solidarity said workers would get an average 8 percent increase this year with a rise of at least 7 percent guaranteed, plus a guaranteed 8 percent minimum increase next year.


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South African metal workers continue strike

(Reuters) - A pay strike by some 260,000 workers that has paralysed about 9,000 small South African metal and engineering firms entered its second day on Tuesday, but employers and unions resumed talks to end the standoff.

Dirk Hermann, deputy General Secretary of Solidarity trade union said employers' organisations had met the unions and he was optimistic that an improved offer could be made soon.


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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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S.African gold miners, unions to resume wage talks

(Reuters) - Unions representing thousands of gold miners and the Chamber of Mines will resume wage talks on July 2, when the chamber will make a new offer to workers, trade union Solidarity said on Thursday.

Solidarity said in a statement that talks between employers and workers would resume after the Chamber of Mines, which negotiates on behalf of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Gold Fields Ltd and Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd, requested fresh talks.


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