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TMG Digital reports that the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) has approached the Department of Labour‚ asking it to intervene and bring the petrochemical industry strike to an end.
As the petrochemical industry strike entered its second week, the union’s chief negotiator‚ Jerry Nkosi‚ said: “This strike needs to be resolved. We have already written letters to the Department of Labour‚ to inform them of the situation and see what they can do [about it].” Meanwhile, Fani Tshifularo of the SA Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) said that oil companies were executing contingency plans to keep fuel supply to service stations steady. He also said that they were not aware of any further planned negotiations between the employer body and the union.
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