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newsTMG Digital reports that the National Petroleum Employers' Association (NPEA) has been invited to sign an agreement with workers to end the petrol industry strike‚ which is now in its third week.  

“We might have an agreement tomorrow.  We got an invitation to sign an agreement tomorrow afternoon‚ so the strike may be called off tomorrow‚” NPEA deputy chairman Zimisele Majamane said on Tuesday.  On Monday, the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers' Union (Ceppwawu) and the NPEA returned to the drawing board when they met at the CCMA to work out their differences.  Majamane said the CCMA has now invited employers to enter into an agreement with workers‚ saying only that Monday's talks had likely culminated in the agreement.  According to Majamane the strike lost steam as the weeks went by‚ with some employees returning to work.

  • Read this report by Roxanne Henderson in full at TimesLive
  • See too, Fuel strike stakeholders to meet at CCMA on Wednesday, at JacarandaFM


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