Mining Weekly reports that Solidarity has called on other trade unions in the Eskom bargaining unit to review their wage demands after the parties reached a deadlock in negotiations on Friday.  

The other unions negotiating salaries with parastatal Eskom include the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).  Solidarity’s Deon Reyneke said it was evident on Friday that Eskom wanted to offer employees an improved increase, but the other trade unions were standing firm on their “unaffordable demands” and were unwilling to negotiate any further.  Reyneke noted that Solidarity’s demands came very close to Eskom’s salary offer and said they were willing to enter into further negotiations with the employer.

• Read this report in full at Mining Weekly
• Read Solidarity’s press statement at Solidarity online

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