The Citizen reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) has urgently called on the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to intervene in the petrol workers’ wage strike.  

“Fedusa supports the protected and peaceful strike of the employees in the petrol retail sector, where workers are demanding a 9% wage increase, while the National Petroleum Employers’ Association is offering 7%,” said Fedusa general secretary Dennis George.  About 15,000 members of the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) are on strike at refineries and depots.  The delivery of fuel has been affected and several petrol stations have reported that their tanks have ran dry over the past few days.

• Read this report in full at The Citizen
• Read too, Fedusa weighs in on fuel sector strike, at Business Report
• Read Fedusa’s press statement on this matter at Fedusa online

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