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Business Report writes that about 10% of Gauteng fuel stations experienced shortages as a result of the ongoing petroleum sector wage strike, the Fuel Retailers Association (FRA) said on Tuesday. Nationally, about 5% of service stations are running dry.
About 15,000 workers aligned to Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) went on strike on Thursday last week after a deadlock in the wage negotiations with the National Petroleum Employers’ Association (NPEA). The union wants a 9% wage increase over one year, while NPEA has offered a two-year deal with a 7% increase in the first year and an increase linked to the April 2017 CPI plus 1.5% in year two. TimesLive reports that negotiations between the union and employers are due to resume on Friday. Ceppwawu said the strike would continue until all demands were met.
- Read this report by Siseko Njobeni in full at Business Report
- See too, Petrol cheaper but hard to find, at TimesLive
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