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numANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday said it would consult its members on an improved wage increase offer of 7% as tabled by power utility Eskom.  

NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said the union was not in a position to accept or reject the latest offer, but it was up to its members to decide.  The union wants a 15% wage increase for its lowest paid members and a 13% raise for the highest paid.  Its demands also include six months of paid maternity leave, a housing allowance of R5,500 and that wage agreements be maintained at one year instead of three.  Stakeholders have agreed to meet for the fourth round of wage negotiations on the 13th, 14th and 15th of July in Johannesburg.


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