Thursday, July 12, 2007

S.African metal workers call off crippling strike

(Reuters) - South Africa's main metalworkers' union has agreed to call off a four-day strike that has crippled much of the country's metal and engineering sector, the union said on Thursday.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA) had agreed to raise salaries in the sector by 9 percent for the lowest paid and 8 percent for more skilled workers from July.


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