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ANA reports that the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) on Monday suspended a wage strike in the footwear industry pending a settlement ballot. The strike entered its fifth week on the previous Monday.
General secretary Andre Kriel said the union would conduct a strike settlement ballot amongst its members this week after the employer body, the South African Footwear and Leather Association (Saflia), formally notified the union about its revised wage offer. The ballot will be conducted in the form of a secret vote by workers and it is expected that it will be completed by Thursday this week. “Saflia’s latest revised settlement offer is now a 7.5 percent wage increase plus the extension of family responsibility leave provisions to include spouses in the event of chronic or serious illness,” Kriel indicated.
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Read Sactwu’s press statement at Sactwu News
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