The National Education Health & Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) announced on Friday that it was currently consulting its members on the offer tabled by the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) on Friday morning and would brief the media on the outcomes of that process on Monday.  

In the meantime, strike action would continue.  The union added:  “We would like to applaud our members for coming out in numbers to the strike and remaining disciplined throughout.”

• Nehawu’s brief press statement is at Cosatu Today
• See too, National laboratory strike likely to stretch into its second week, at Bhekisisa online
• And also, Lab strike enters third day‚ clinic patients needing tests turned away, at SowetanLive

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